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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The pop star has gone to 23 Chiefs games, including 17 tilts at Arrowhead and two Super Bowls.
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Chandler Boese, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
Clemson, led by veteran head coach Dabo Swinney, was the school that beat SMU during the 2024 ACC Championship, 34-31, though Lashlee’s group was the favorite in the tilt at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Atlanta, which hasn’t clinched a postseason spot since the 2017 season, hosts the Titans on Friday night in a preseason tilt at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
—Hailey Hurst, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
The change happens because the Earth is tilted at about 23.5 degrees relative to the sun.
—George Petras, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
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Chandler Boese, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
Clemson, led by veteran head coach Dabo Swinney, was the school that beat SMU during the 2024 ACC Championship, 34-31, though Lashlee’s group was the favorite in the tilt at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Atlanta, which hasn’t clinched a postseason spot since the 2017 season, hosts the Titans on Friday night in a preseason tilt at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
—Hailey Hurst, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
The change happens because the Earth is tilted at about 23.5 degrees relative to the sun.
—George Petras, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tilt at
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“Tilt at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tilt%20at. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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