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get a bead on somebody — draw/get a ˈbead on sb/sth idiom (especially NAmE) to aim carefully at sb/sth before shooting a gun • One of the police officers drew a bead on the gunman and fired. Main entry: ↑beadidiom … Useful english dictionary
get a bead on something — draw/get a ˈbead on sb/sth idiom (especially NAmE) to aim carefully at sb/sth before shooting a gun • One of the police officers drew a bead on the gunman and fired. Main entry: ↑beadidiom … Useful english dictionary
draw (or get) a bead on informal, — draw (or get) a bead on informal, chiefly N. Amer. take aim at with a gun. → bead … English new terms dictionary
draw or get a bead on — idi draw or get a bead on, to take careful aim at (a target) … From formal English to slang
draw/get a bead on — AIM AT, fix on, focus on, zero in on, sight. → bead … Useful english dictionary
bead — beadlike, adj. /beed/, n. 1. a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc. 2. beads, a. a necklace of beads: You don t have your beads on … Universalium
bead — [[t]bid[/t]] n. 1) jew a small, usu. round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc 2) beads a) jew a necklace of beads b) a rosary 3) any small globular or … From formal English to slang
bead — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bede prayer, prayer bead, from Old English bed, gebed prayer; akin to Old English biddan to entreat, pray more at bid Date: before 12th century 1. a. obsolete prayer usually used in plural b. plural a series of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
bead — noun 1》 a small, rounded piece of glass, stone, plastic, etc., perforated and typically threaded in a string with others to make a necklace or rosary. 2》 a drop of a liquid on a surface. 3》 a small knob forming the foresight of a gun. 4》 the… … English new terms dictionary
bead — noun 1) a string of beads Syn: ball, pellet, pill, globule, sphere, spheroid, oval, ovoid, orb, round; (beads) necklace, rosary, chaplet 2) beads of sweat … Thesaurus of popular words
