Lay
Sights
Sights noun - An optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument.
Both words in one sentence
- You often exterminate every enemy in an area that you can lay your gun sights on.
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Epic Fail: The Sea Tiger sights a Japanese tanker in a harbor and is trying to lay in a torpedo strike against the easiest target imaginable.
Source: Film / Operation Petticoat - Just getting dropped to 0HP isn't instant death — you have a short time where you lay prone, unable to aim down the sights and with the screen getting darker, but if you can score a kill while in this state you receive a "second wind" and get back up with about 40% HP.
Source: Death Is a Slap on the Wrist
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