sitting target

noun

1. a person or thing in a defenceless or vulnerable position Also called (informal)sitting duck

Example Sentences

This, then, would be the moment at which to shoot them, when for four or five seconds they offered practically a sitting target.

From Project Gutenberg

Backing and coming ahead, we make little progress, but at least we present no sitting target.

From Project Gutenberg

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