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(idiomatic) To exert an unrestrained, aggressive effort, especially by assailing an opponent's or victim's area of greatest vulnerability.

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go for the jugular

Source Word

go for the jugular

Verb

idiomatic

(idiomatic) To exert an unrestrained, aggressive effort, especially by assailing an opponent's or victim's area of greatest vulnerability.

Japanese Meaning

相手の最も弱い部分、または致命的な弱点を突いて攻撃する / 敵や被害者の隙を突いて、容赦なく攻撃を仕掛ける

取締役会で、彼女は急所を突く形で徹底的に攻め、CEOの計画のあらゆる弱点を執拗に指摘した。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic) To exert an unrestrained, aggressive effort, especially by assailing an opponent's or victim's area of greatest vulnerability.

You start to admire the flagrant disregard

For the sanctity of other people's lives

By the filthy few in positions of power

Who go for the jugular in order to survive

goes for the jugular

（ present singular third-person ）

going for the jugular

（ participle present ）

went for the jugular

（ past ）

gone for the jugular

（ participle past ）