What does pot shot mean?
Pot shot means A shot taken at an easy or random target..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A shot taken at an easy or random target..
to take a potshot at
Bannister leaped up, ran lightly across the intervening space, and with his repeater took a potshot at the galloping horseman.
He takes his share of potshots (mostly at the Da Vinci surgical robot), but the conscience of the film is in the stories of Essure, a procedure marketed to women as a hassle-free alternative to tubal ligation
And until recently, anyone could read his Facebook posts, which included vulgar potshots at Nancy Pelosi and her husband and a pronouncement that supporters of Joseph R. Biden Jr. suffered from a “mental affliction.”
Howard appeared in the doorway. “Say, Sig, go down to the corral and saddle up Teddy for Steve, will you? Some of his friends have been potshotting at him again. No damage done, except to my feelings, but there's nothing like being careful.”
Use pot shot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pot shot means A shot taken at an easy or random target..
Common synonyms include Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
to take a potshot at
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