sling at

sling (something) at (someone or something)

1. To toss, throw, or heave something in the direction of someone or something else. They popped up from behind the bushes and started slinging snowballs at us. The people in the crowd slung rotten vegetables at the condemned man as he marched through the town square.
2. To give or offer something, especially money, to someone, especially as an incentive to do something. They slung a bunch of money at the famous actor to star in their crappy commercial.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sling something at someone or something

to heave or toss something at someone or something. The child slung a handful of mud at his playmate. Who slung this muddy mess at the side of the house?
See also: sling
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • (have) got something going (with someone)
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • accompanied by
  • accompanied by (someone or something)
  • accompany
  • a crack at (someone or something)
  • all right
References in classic literature
Conseil took up his gun, and aimed at a savage who was poising his sling at ten yards from him.
20000 Leagues Under The Sea
The two most common surgeries are the retropubic sling, which involves placing a mesh sling under the urethra and behind the pubic bone, and the transobturator sling, which positions the sling at a less acute angle by placing the mesh through the thigh area.
Incontinence Surgery In the Spotlight
In case of surgical intervention, it is not our practice to place another synthetic sling at the same time.
As with extrusions, the placement of another sling at the same time as the excision of an erosion is generally not recommended.
Complications of midurethral slings and their management
In the study, fewer women who elected to get a midurethral sling at the time of their prolapse repair surgery developed post-surgical UI.
Mesh slings help some women with incontinence after pelvic organ prolapse: for some women, a sling positioned underneath the urethra helps prevent urine leakage