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potshot
[ pot-shot ]
noun
- a shot fired at game merely for food, with little regard to skill or the rules of sport.
- a shot at an animal or person within easy range, as from ambush.
- a casual or aimless shot.
- a random or incidental criticism:
to take a potshot at military spending in a speech on taxation.
verb (used without object)
- to fire or aim potshots:
critics potshotting at the administration.
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There are short-term political incentives people see to take potshots at one party or another for these images we see from Afghanistan.
During the call, Benioff took potshots at competitors that sell both consumer and enterprise technology.
Palin takes a potshot back in the book, mentioning Schmidt's "rotund physique."
I remember very distinctly saying, "Did you take the potshot at General Walker?"
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