'V at n' - Construction 9
| Name: | the shoot at construction |
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| Description: | A person attacks someone or something. The person does not succeed in making physical contact with the target. |
| Verbs: | aim, come, fire, fly, gob, rush, shoot, snipe, spit, strike |
| Example: | I was afraid they would shoot at me again… so I did not move. (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative contact; direction; object |
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