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zero in
verb
- often foll by on to bring (a weapon) to bear (on a target), as while firing repeatedly
- informal.intrfoll byon to bring one's attention to bear (on a problem, etc)
- informal.intrfoll byon to converge (upon)
the police zeroed in on the site of the crime
Example Sentences
"We will reach net zero in a way that treads lightly on people's lives, not telling them how to live or behave," said the prime minister's official spokesman.
How do you identify the little things within this program that you zeroed in on?
Legislators zeroed in on Maher’s statements before she became head of NPR, in which she called Trump “a deranged racist sociopath” and described the terms “boy” and “girl” as “erasing language for nonbinary people.”
In particular, the president seems to have zeroed in on the idea of limiting federal district judges’ ability to issue injunctions that have national implications.
Italy surged straight into attack and wing Matt Gallagher was zeroing in on the corner, only to be chopped down by the covering Smith, on at 15.
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