Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “take a swipe at“ and its meaning is “(figuratively) to criticize or insult someone”.
Example Sentence: Actor Amitabh Bachchan sharply criticised anonymous trolls on social media. He mentioned: “The reason for your writing to be noticed was because you took a swipe at Amitabh Bachchan… that shall no longer exist! If by God’s grace I live and survive you shall have to be ‘weathering’ the ‘swipe’ storm, not just from me, but on a very conservative level, from 90+ million followers (sic).”
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Amitabh Bachchan rebukes anonymous trolls, says ‘they hope I die with Covid’ and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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