go for the throat (English, verb)
expansion: go for the throat (third-person singular simple present goes for the throat, present participle going for the throat, simple past went for the throat, past participle gone for the throat)
Senses:
glosses: To exert an unrestrained, aggressive effort, especially by assailing an opponent's or victim's area of greatest vulnerability.
tags: idiomatic
informal
Forms:
form: goes for the throat
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: going for the throat
tags: participle
present
form: went for the throat
tags: past
form: gone for the throat
tags: participle
past