cross hairs

British

plural noun

Also called: cross wires. two fine mutually perpendicular lines or wires that cross in the focal plane of a theodolite, gunsight, or other optical instrument and are used to define the line of sight

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Musk’s relationship with Trump wasn’t the only one in Kimmel’s cross hairs Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024

“I’ve had Scott Perry in my cross hairs from the moment I announced my candidacy last October,” she said in an interview.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

They are expected to argue that before he fell into investigators’ cross hairs, there was little evidence he was slipping mentally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

It also signaled that Moscow’s economy is ever more squarely in Ukraine’s cross hairs, bringing the war to one of Russia’s most critical commercial ports.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

He noted down the directions and set the cross hairs of his forward observer on Alpha Centauri.

From Giants on the Earth by S. P. (Sterner St. Paul) Meek

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