'V at n' - Construction 9

Name: the shoot at construction
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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