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I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular.
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Meaning of "go for the jugular" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GO FOR THE JUGULAR

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GO FOR THE JUGULAR

go Dutch
go easy on
go far
go figure
go fly a kite
go for
go for a burton
go for broke
go for it
go for the doctor
go for your life
go forth
go from bad to worse
go great guns
go halves
go hard
go hard with
go in
go in for
go into

WORDS THAT END LIKE GO FOR THE JUGULAR

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jugular
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Synonyms and antonyms of go for the jugular in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «go for the jugular» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GO FOR THE JUGULAR

Find out the translation of go for the jugular to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of go for the jugular from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «go for the jugular» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

去颈
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ir a la yugular
570 millions of speakers

English

go for the jugular
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कंठ के लिए जाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الذهاب لل الوداجي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пойти на яремной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ir para a jugular
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জুয়েলর জন্য যান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aller pour la jugulaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pergi untuk jugular
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gehen an die Gurgel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

頸静脈のために行く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경정맥 을 위해 이동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pindhah menyang jugular
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi cho các tĩnh mạch cảnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஜுகலுக்காகப் போங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुंडागर्दीसाठी जा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Juguler için gitmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

andare per la giugulare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dla szyjnej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

піти на яремної
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

du-te pentru jugulară
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πάμε για το σφαγίτιδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gaan vir die jugulêre
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gå för våldsam attack
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gå for vena
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of go for the jugular

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GO FOR THE JUGULAR»

The term «go for the jugular» is normally little used and occupies the 139.070 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GO FOR THE JUGULAR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about go for the jugular

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QUOTES WITH «GO FOR THE JUGULAR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word go for the jugular.
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Kobe Bryant
I don't talk trash often, but when I do, I go for the jugular.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GO FOR THE JUGULAR»

Discover the use of go for the jugular in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to go for the jugular and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
GO FOR THE JUGULAR to go for the jugular. To attack an opponent in his/ her most vulnerable spot. Source: ANIMAL. The jugular vein (WNNCD: 1597) is a prominent blood vessel that appears on either side of the neck and carries blood  ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
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Amazing... But False!: Hundreds of Facts You Thought Were ...
Since the jugular is closer to the surface of the neck than the carotid, it is more accessible to the fangs of predators. Hence "go for the jugular" would seem quite logical as an expression of ferocity. Egyptian embalming practices were elaborate, ...
David Diefendorf, 2007
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Beasts
Go for the jugular. I remember the chapel bell tolling. I remember the arctic glisten to the snow-crust. And how sharp the snow-crust was, brittle as frosted glass. Nights were the challenge. Like Sybil sometimes wanting to hurt herself.
Joyce Carol Oates, 2003
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The Secret of Leadership
Iam guessingit wasn't too long ago that you heard a leader say, 'Let's go for the jugular!' Sales armies and marketing generals are all regularly exhorted to go for the kill. The phrase immediatelybrings tolife the imageofa cheetahgoingfor the kill  ...
Prakash Iyer, 2013
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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
... something you didn't mean to write, leave it.) 3. Don't worry about spelling, punctuation, grammar. (Don't even care about staying within the margins and lines on the page.) 4. Lose control. 5. Don't think. Don't get logical. 6. Go for the jugular.
Natalie Goldberg, 2010
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Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
Related vocabulary go for the jugular at jugular origin: based on the literal mean ing of hardball (= the game of baseball, which is played with a small, hard ball) hark hark back to sth to be similar to something from the past ♢ His music harks ...
Paul Heacock, 2003
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Getting Hurt
But known to those who know these things as the more effective outfit. People tend to come to us, or to me, really, when they actually want to get things done, as distinct from pissing about. I can work very fast, and go for the jugular when strictly ...
Andrew Davies, 2011
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The Struggle for the Soul of the SBC: Moderate Responses to ...
Fundamentalists would "go for the jugular." He also said his new trustees would not be of the "rubber stamp" variety. But more revealing than the violence of his rhetoric was the plan Pressler outlined. The design was this: elect presidents of ...
Walter B. Shurden, 1993
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America's Second Civil War: Dispatches from the Political Center
Question 4: Are you willing to go for the jugular, and if so, how do you do it? Going for the jugular is code for "killing off your opponent." which in politics means you win the nomination (office) and he doesn't. Often it is equated, wrongly. with ...
Stanley Allen Renshon, 2002
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The Truth in Crisis: Volume 1: the Controversy in the ...
We need to go for the jugular — we need to go for trustees." Unknown to Pressler , an agency employee who wrote for Baptist Press was in the audience. Within days stories began appearing in state convention papers quoting Pressler as ...
James C. Hefley, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GO FOR THE JUGULAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term go for the jugular is used in the context of the following news items.
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MP wants councils replaced with unitary authorities headed by …
CLEETHORPES MP Martin Vickers has urged the government to be "radical" and "go for the jugular" in replacing existing councils with unitary ... «Grimsby Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
Lincoln City pre-season: Five things we learnt from the first friendly …
... if the players can take the time to do that now, then maybe supporters might rally round when times are hard, rather than go for the jugular. «Lincolnshire Echo, Jul 15»
3
Agony for Saints as smarter Skonto achieve mission
It meant that the Saints simply had to go for the jugular after the restart and the intensity and aggravation levels were raised a notch as a ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
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Jonas Bjorkman out to put one over on his mentor in Swedish …
... old pals' act in the coaching boxes, but the Swede wants an edgy atmosphere in a match where both players will attempt to go for the jugular. «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
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Crusaders ready to go for the jugular as they chase history in …
Crusaders are ready to go for the jugular as they chase history in today's Champions League shootout with Levadia Tallinn. The Seaview men ... «Belfast Live, Jul 15»
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New England Patriots Could Be NFL's Most Dangerous Team In 2015
Depending on their opponent, he usually has enough restraint to not immediately go for the jugular all the time. But we've seen how ruthless he ... «RantSports, Jul 15»
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The Ashes: Positive England approach can see repeat of glorious …
To watch England play without fear and go for the jugular – exemplified by Jonny Bairstow's series-clinching innings at Chester-le-Street – was ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
8
Presidency: So near yet so far
“When she gets the chance to tackle the failures of the government, Mujuru should be ready to go for the jugular, tackle real issues, and point at ... «The Zimbabwe Standard, Jul 15»
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Ashes 2015: Damien Martyn - 'England are fired up again, just like in …
Are they going to be cautious or will we see one side and go for the jugular to go 1-0 up in the series? Both sides have opportunities and one of ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Neck of the Woods – S/T EP
A five-piece with a pretty standard line up—two guitars, drums, bass, and vocals—they know just when to go for the jugular and when to pull ... «DOA, Jul 15»

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