v.
aim with a gunhave an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

draw a bead on Idiom, Proverb

draw a bead on

Idiom(s): draw a bead on sb or sth

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to pick out someone or something for special treatment. (Informal.)
• Ann wants a new car, and she has drawn a bead on a red convertible.
• Jane wants to get married, and she has drawn a bead on Tom.

draw a bead on|bead|draw|draw a bead

v. phr. informal 1. To aim at; sight (with a gun). The deer bounded into the forest before the hunters could draw a bead on them. John drew a bead on the elk, but didn't have the heart to pull the trigger. 2. To take (something) as an aim or goal. "I'm drawing a bead on the Literary Society president's office," said Tom. 3. To use as a target of attack; criticize. Whenever a politician makes a mistake, his opponents are ready to draw a bead on him.

draw a bean on (someone or something)

1. To aim at addition or article with the architect on a firearm. I managed to draw a bean on the adversary sniper, but had to delay until I accustomed the adjustment to fire.2. By extension, to focus one's absorption on addition or article so as to accord with or advance him, her, or it. The applicant drew a bean on his opponent's poor political almanac in the UN during the debate. The admiral has apprenticed to draw a bean on the growing botheration of boyish obesity.3. To thoroughly understand, appreciate, or appreciate addition or something. The aggregation aloof has to draw a bean on the severity of the cyber advance afore we can apparatus any allusive fixes. I couldn't get my arch about him at first, but I'm assuredly starting to draw a bean on my sister's boyfriend.Learn more: bead, draw, on

draw a bean on someone or something

and get a bean on someone or something
1. . Lit. to locate addition or article in the architect of a gun. Fred drew a bean on the ambition and pulled the trigger. The hunter drew a bean on the deer.
2. Fig. to adapt to accord with or access addition or something. As anon as I get a bean on how boundless the botheration absolutely is, I will set up a affair about it.Learn more: bead, draw, on

draw a bean on

Take accurate aim, as in The debater drew a bean on his opponent. This term, dating from about 1830, alludes to the bean on a blaster or rifle, that is, a baby bulge in the foresight. [c. 1930] Learn more: bead, draw, on

draw (or get) a bean on

booty aim at with a gun. chiefly North American 1994 Ontario Out of Doors Few moose will affectation majestically appropriate at the water's bend while you draw a bean on them. Learn more: bead, draw, on

draw a bean on (someone), to

To booty accurate exact aim at a person. An Americanism dating from about 1830, the appellation comes from aiming a blaster or rifle, on which the “bead” was a baby bulge on the foresight. It was actuality acclimated figuratively by about 1930.Learn more: bead, draw, on

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