draw a bead on
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In the amorphous twilight of the Afghan war, it isn’t enough to draw a bead on the enemy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2016
He may be the first president of my lifetime who comedians have never been able to draw a bead on the way they could with every other Oval Office occupant of the last 50 years.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2016
Just as we would draw a bead on one, it would change course.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2016
The tension and mistrust grow thick as each of the strangers tries to draw a bead on the others.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2015
Then she’d whirl and be gone before I could draw a bead on her.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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