zero in

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

Example Sentences

Officials began hiking rates from below zero in March last year as figures signalled an end to the country's "lost decades" of stagnation, with inflation surging.

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As part of Masino’s revamp, Prophet, the brand consultant, zeroed in on the “Old Timer” logo.

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Ms. Gaul tellingly zeros in on her interviewees’ sense of the term as signifying “a contrast to anything imported as well as anything produced industrially or on a mass scale.”

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Lauri, how did you zero in on the shots you wanted to include in the book?

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Investigators zeroed in on irregular air-traffic-control staffing in that deadly crash.

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