1. Precise aim directly at one's target. The gunslinger took dead aim and shot the hat right off the other man's head. The soccer star is known for her dead aim and can sink the ball into the corner of the net from midfield. A: "I swear, I took dead aim at the bull's eye!" B: "Then how did your arrow end up in the tree next to it."

2. Focused attention on and determination to achieve something. The athlete has taken dead aim on the current world record for shotput. The young political star now has dead aim on winning the governorship. You better look out, because when I take dead aim on something, I can't be stopped.

1. To aim precisely and directly at one's target. The gunslinger took dead aim and shot the hat right off the other man's head. The golfer managed to take dead aim from over 300 yards away and sink the ball in the hole.

2. To focus one's attention and determination on something, often that which one wishes to achieve or obtain. The athlete has taken dead aim on the current world record for shotput. The young political star is now taking dead aim on winning the governorship.