Usually means: Aim for the most vulnerable.
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  1. go for the jugular: Merriam-Webster
  2. go for the jugular: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. go for the jugular: Collins English Dictionary
  4. go for the jugular: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. go for the jugular: Wiktionary
  6. go for the jugular: Dictionary.com
  7. go for the jugular: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. go for the jugular: Idioms

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▸ verb:  Synonym of go for the throat

Similar:
go for the kill, go for the throat, neck, garrote, cut to the quick, garrotte, bite someone's head off, choke, taste blood, throw the hatchet, more...

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go for the kill, go for the throat, neck, garrote, cut to the quick, garrotte, bite someone's head off, choke, taste blood, throw the hatchet, more...



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