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went for the throat

went for the throat is the simple past of go for the throat.

Meaning of go for the throat

Verb

go for the throat (third-person singular simple present goes for the throat, present participle going for the throat, simple past went for the throat, past participle gone for the throat)

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

Questions about went for the throat

What is went for the throat the simple past of?
Went for the throat is the simple past of go for the throat.

Words near went for the throat in the dictionary

  1. went for the gloves
  2. went for the gold
  3. went for the jugular
  4. went for the jugular vein
  5. went for the kill
  6. went for the throat
  7. went forth
  8. went free
  9. went from 0 to 100
  10. went from bad to worse
  11. went from strength to strength

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