go for the jugular
Example Sentences
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At 21-0 up, they were camped on the Argentina line, looking to go for the jugular.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025
And at a debate when the two were asked to say something nice about each other, Jerry chose to go for the jugular:
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2024
“We got a chance to go for the jugular tomorrow and that’s our intent,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.
From Washington Times • May 14, 2023
One pivotal scene allows Rebecca to confront the crumbs of imposter syndrome pressed into her by Rupert, proving that she, too, can go for the jugular without violating the core of who she is.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2023
There are few targets riper for satire than the customs and conventions of affluent suburbanites, and yet only a piddling handful of pop-culture parodies go for the jugular with the requisite precision or salutary bloodlust.
From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021
