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at someone's throat

at someone's throat prepositional phrase: behaving very aggressively or snappishly toward someone.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Behaving very aggressively or snappishly toward someone.
    • They were at each other's throats all evening.

Questions about at someone's throat

What does at someone's throat mean?
At someone's throat means behaving very aggressively or snappishly toward someone.
What part of speech is at someone's throat?
At someone's throat is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at someone's throat in the dictionary

  1. at someone's disposal
  2. at someone's door
  3. at someone's elbow
  4. at someone's heels
  5. at someone's service
  6. at someone's throat
  7. at spearpoint
  8. at speed
  9. at stake
  10. at swordpoint
  11. at swords' points

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