under fire

[under fire] {adv. phr.}

Being shot at or being attacked; hit by attacks or accusations; under attack.

* /The soldiers stood firm under fire of the enemy./

* /The principal was under fire for not sending the boys home who stole the car./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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