draw a bead on

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Verb	1.	draw a bead on - aim with a gun; "The hunter drew a bead on the rabbit" aim, take aim, train, direct, take - point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"
	2.	draw a bead on - have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal aspire, shoot for, aim be after, plan - have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion" overshoot - aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim"

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So I sifted through a year's worth of UB back issues and perused a bundle of hefty surveys and reports from Eduventures, EDUCAUSE, and Market Data Retrieval (MDR), in an attempt to draw a bead on what impact technology will have on campuses next year.

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But the bullfrog situation could be much more desperate, with frog hit men slogging through the ponds, attempting to draw a bead on their deep-throated quarry.

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According to Cronin, a spokesman for the project, the 3,000-square-kilometer array of detectors in Argentina is designed to pick up 30 of the highest energy cosmic rays each year, improving scientists' ability to draw a bead on cosmic ray sources.

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