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View synonyms for under fire

under fire



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Idioms and Phrases

Criticized or held responsible, as in The landlord is under fire for not repairing the roof . This expression originally referred to being within range of enemy guns; its figurative use dates from the late 1800s.
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Example Sentences

The lack of a cannon is a particular problem, as the F-35 is being counted on to help out infantrymen under fire.

Claiming to be useful against Ebola, autism, and cancer, Young Living Essential Oils came under fire from the FDA.

There had been rumors of an attack, but no one believed the city would come under fire again.

Author Hilary Mantel is under fire for writing a story about killing Margaret Thatcher.

The outspoken MC came under fire for demanding that a kid in a wheelchair stand up and dance at a show on Friday night.

Calm under fire, he possessed a sure and penetrating coup d'œil; he had great experience in war.

As they drew near they came under fire of our destroyers and of the Anzac guns and were badly knocked about and broken up.

It is strange to hear of people playing football out here—we ourselves are under fire every minute.

As we approached these, a heavy fight was in progress, and we came under fire of the spent bullets.

(p. 356) Hinks's division of the Eighteenth Corps was composed of colored troops, who had never been under fire.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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