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Definition of Draw a bead on

1. Verb. Aim with a gun. "The hunter drew a bead on the rabbit"

2. Verb. Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal. "They draw a bead on to move "

Definition of Draw a bead on

1. Verb. (transitive) To aim a gun at something ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Draw A Bead On

draughtswomen draughty draunt draunted draunting draunts drave dravida dravidian dravite

draw draw-bridge draw-sheet draw-well draw a bath draw a bead on (current term) draw a blank draw a line draw a line in the sand draw and quarter

draw attention draw away draw back draw bridge draw close draw down draw even draw in draw left draw level

Literary usage of Draw a bead on

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1856 An armed man with gun and pistol, and with the bead the head of the table, who stood up to draw a bead on him. p. 32 (NY). ..."

2. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1860)
"The Missourians, with their long five foot barrel rifles, which were their constant companions, could draw a bead on a deer, a squirrel, or the white of an ..."

3. Life-histories of African Game Animals by Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Heller (1914)
"Were it possible to draw a bead on his head between or above the eyes he would have passed under your bullet's course before you had pressed the trigger. ..."

4. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1872)
"... of human life about here, these derned rowdies, and will draw a bead on you at onct if you hevn't the ..."

5. Wisconsin Journal of Education by Wisconsin Teachers' Association, Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction (1876)
"Then an ornament resembling the rosary; then anything like it, and now the builders will put up a bead-moulding, or the rifleman will draw a bead on the ..."

6. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1871)
"I raised my old rifle, but for the life of me I could n't draw a bead on his head ; I felt nervous, perhaps, for the first time in my life, as I was about ..."

7. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1863)
"There's another little band, that will make the rebela stand, And gallant Captain Wilson is a-training, And when they draw a bead on ..."

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