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potshot
[pot-shot]
noun
a shot fired at game merely for food, with little regard to skill or the rules of sport.
a shot at an animal or person within easy range, as from ambush.
a casual or aimless shot.
a random or incidental criticism.
to take a potshot at military spending in a speech on taxation.
verb (used without object)
to fire or aim potshots.
critics potshotting at the administration.
Example Sentences
After touring a Pfizer vaccine plant in Michigan, Mr. Biden took potshots at his predecessor as the CEO stood nearby.
A year ago, from the other side of the Dnipro River, they began sending drones, in addition to using bombs and artillery, to take potshots at civilians.
Long may his critics - whoever and wherever they are - take potshots at him, because the put-downs make him rise up.
Scull danced around for 12 rounds and frustrated Alvarez with potshots, as the Mexican superstar struggled to cut off the ring in a dull contest in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Witness Donald Trump recently questioning the racial identity of his opponent, Kamala Harris, a race-baiting potshot that dredges up ingrained prejudices against biracial Americans that stretch back to the antebellum South.
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