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Definition of Take aim
1. Verb. Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards. "Take a swipe at one's opponent"
Specialized synonyms: Aim, Direct, Place, Point, Target, Draw A Bead On, Hold, Turn, Swing, Charge, Level, Point, Level, Sight
Generic synonyms: Position
Derivative terms: Aim
Definition of Take aim
1. Verb. (intransitive) To position oneself and/or one's weapon so as to be aimed specifically at a chosen mark or target (''which is indicated after 'at''') ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To direct criticism (towards). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Aim
Literary usage of Take aim
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Naval and Military Technical Dictionary of the French Language: In Two by Robert Burn (1870)
"COUCHEE, va to slope, lay on, or flat ; — -.1 j'juf, to take aim ; present a musket.
... take aim ..."
2. Personal Efficiency by James Samuel Knox (1919)
"CHAPTER ONE To Win You Must take aim Limited Vision The great American need is
for Means Limited a vision of a larger life and its pos- Possibilities ..."
3. Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary by James Curtis Hepburn (1881)
"... of ken in length. ing the duties of two different offices at the same time.
KEN-TAI. To be humble. KEN-TÓ, n. Aim. —suru, to take aim at, to take sight. ..."
4. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The method by which to avoid missing across- shot, whether it be flying or running,
is LOI only to take aim before the object, but likewise ..."
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