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go for the jugular vein en · VERB

Meanings

  1. Synonym of go for the throat.
    • My friend argues that the Appleby case is what set the police off against the cruising at the I-91 rest area, and, the adds the initial media impulse to present Appleby as a mass murderer reveals their go-for-the-jugular-vein homophobic instincts and has helped contribute to the negative image of gays in Western Massachusetts. 1979 February 10, Allen Young, “Living In The Country”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 28, page 8:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
went for the jugular vein Tense=Past lexicographic
gone for the jugular vein Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
goes for the jugular vein Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
going for the jugular vein Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

go for the throat