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aim something at someone or something to point or direct something at someone or something. Wally aimed the hose at Sarah and tried to soak her. See also: aim How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Both the squire and I returned the shot, but as we had nothing to aim at, it is probable we only wasted powder. His head was all on one side, and one of his eyes was half shut up, as if he were taking aim at something with an invisible gun. Well, the good quality of an age, the defect of which lies in the direction of intellectual anarchy and confusion, may well be eclecticism: in style, as in other things, it is well always to aim at the combination of as many excellences as possible--opposite excellences, it may be--those other beauties of prose. |
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