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zero in

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verb

  1. (often foll by on) to bring (a weapon) to bear (on a target), as while firing repeatedly

  2. informal to bring one's attention to bear (on a problem, etc)

  3. informal to converge (upon)

    the police zeroed in on the site of the crime
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The number zero...If the rates were driven below zero--in effect a tax on holding cash in the bank--people would just withdraw money and store it in shoeboxes instead.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2011

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