单词 | firing line |
释义 | firing line also firing-line Word forms: firing lines 1. countable noun If you are in the firing line in a conflict, you are in a position where someone is aiming their gun at you. Any hostages in the firing line would have been sacrificed. He was sure he would pin down the enemy between two firing lines. 2. singular noun [usu in/out of N] If you say that someone is in the firing line, you mean that they are being criticized, blamed, or attacked for something. Foreign banks are in the firing line too. Young players found themselves too much in the firing line. |
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