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pot·shot also pot shot (p

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1. A random or easy shot.

2. A criticism made without careful thought and aimed at a handy target for attack: reporters taking potshots at the mayor.

[So called because such a shot is fired by a hunter whose main purpose is to get food for the pot.]

pot shot

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) a chance shot taken casually, hastily, or without careful aim

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) a shot fired to kill game in disregard of the rules of sport

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) a shot fired at quarry within easy range, often from an ambush

Translations

pot shot n to take a potshot at sth → sparare a casaccio contro qc

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