tilt at
phrasal verb
tilted at; tilting at; tilts at
British
: to attack (someone or something) in writing or speech
critics tilting at the established system
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Could Liam Keelan follow up running Disney’s EMEA content with a tilt at Moore’s role?
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
Up next for the Penguins is a Saturday night tilt at the New Jersey Devils.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
For a start, the position of Defense secretary would, obviously, position DeSantis himself for another tilt at the presidency once Trump reaches the end of his second and final term at the 2028 election.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
The eighth-year guard entered Sunday's tilt at TD Garden converting an average of just 26.1 percent of his 5.2 attempts from beyond the arc.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
Up next for the Penguins is a Saturday night tilt at the New Jersey Devils.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
For a start, the position of Defense secretary would, obviously, position DeSantis himself for another tilt at the presidency once Trump reaches the end of his second and final term at the 2028 election.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
The eighth-year guard entered Sunday's tilt at TD Garden converting an average of just 26.1 percent of his 5.2 attempts from beyond the arc.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Tilt at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tilt%20at. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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