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zero in
verb
- often foll by on to bring (a weapon) to bear (on a target), as while firing repeatedly
- informal.intrfoll byon to bring one's attention to bear (on a problem, etc)
- informal.intrfoll byon to converge (upon)
the police zeroed in on the site of the crime
Example Sentences
How do you identify the little things within this program that you zeroed in on?
Legislators zeroed in on Maher鈥檚 statements before she became head of NPR, in which she called Trump 鈥渁 deranged racist sociopath鈥 and described the terms 鈥渂oy鈥 and 鈥済irl鈥 as 鈥渆rasing language for nonbinary people.鈥
In particular, the president seems to have zeroed in on the idea of limiting federal district judges鈥 ability to issue injunctions that have national implications.
Italy surged straight into attack and wing Matt Gallagher was zeroing in on the corner, only to be chopped down by the covering Smith, on at 15.
The way she sidled up right next to her at the bar in the premiere felt like someone zeroing in on a mark.
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