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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

draw a bead on en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (US, slang, transitive) To aim a gun at.
    • (As George gets fairly into the following, Gretchen draws a bead on him, and lets drive at the close, but the gun snaps.) 1892, Mark Twain, Meisterschaft: In Three Acts, act II, scene I, page 188:
  2. (US, slang, transitive) To take aim at.
  3. (US, slang, transitive) to cast one's eyes on.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
drawing a bead on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
draws a bead on Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
drew a bead on Tense=Past lexicographic
drawn a bead on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

take a bead on