Aimless Bit Of Gunfire

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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noun • a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter) • criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration
	29%	12		Growing bit by bit
adjective satellite • increasing by successive addition • marked by acquiring or amassing
	29%	7		Wearing down bit by bit
noun • (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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