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Definition of tilt at phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tilt at

phrasal verb

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tilt at somebody/something

(British English) to attack somebody/something in speech or writing
- a satirical magazine tilting at public figures
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tilt at something

(British English) to try to win something
- He was tilting at the top prize.

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