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Social sciences → Etymology → Phrase origins → Phrase origins, A - H → Phrases, D
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  • cramrei
    It comes from hunting, especially with rifled. The "bead" is a small metal knob which forms the front sight of a gun; to take aim at something, you "drew the bead" onto that target.
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