zero in
Britishverb
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(often foll by on) to bring (a weapon) to bear (on a target), as while firing repeatedly
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informal to bring one's attention to bear (on a problem, etc)
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informal to converge (upon)
the police zeroed in on the site of the crime
Example Sentences
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Gordon Brown reflects in his memoirs the agonising private conversations he had about a snap election and in deciding against it found himself going "from near hero to near zero in a day."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
After Netflix greenlit a two-hour finale instead, Oseman elected to zero in on her protagonists — not unlike her comics — rather than give each character their own, heavily condensed arc.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Season 3 “finally starts to zero in on what feels like it might be the show’s core story,” explains Slate’s Sam Adams.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
In those reports, senior living experts say to zero in on these metrics:
From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026
By early January they had won the tenth, and people began to notice that there was still a zero in the loss column.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
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