Usually means: Aim precisely at a target.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. draw a bead on: Merriam-Webster
  2. draw a bead on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. draw a bead on: Collins English Dictionary
  4. draw a bead on: Vocabulary.com
  5. draw a bead on: Wiktionary
  6. draw a bead on: Dictionary.com
  7. draw a bead on: Rhymezone
  8. draw a bead on: FreeDictionary.org
  9. draw a bead on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. draw a bead on: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. draw a bead on: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. draw a bead on: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. draw a bead on: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. draw a bead on: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. draw a bead on: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (draw a bead on)

verb:  (transitive, slang) To aim a gun at.

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