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81Shot — 1. injection of a drug, vaccine, etc.; 2. opportunity or chance: 100 to 1 shot ; long shot ; 3. toss or throw; chuck unceremoniously: Just shot it out the window …
82shot — I n A try, turn, go. I ll give the puzzle another shot. 1940s II adj Tired, exhausted; worn out, broken down. I can t go anywhere tonight: me and my car are shot. 1930s III n A swallow or single portion. Hey, give me a shot of that stuff you re… …
83Out of the Silent Planet — This article is about the novel. For the Iron Maiden song, see Out of the Silent Planet (song). For the King s X album, see Out of the Silent Planet (album). Out of the Silent Planet   …
84shot to the curb — mod. without money or a place to live; living in the gutter; down and out. □ I’m totally out of bills, man. Shot to the curb …
85out of — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having none in stock] Syn. all out of stock, not in stock, gone; see depleted , sold out . 2. [From] Syn. out from, away from, from within; see from . 3. [Beyond] Syn. outside of, on the border of, in the outskirts; see… …
86out of service — the candy machine is out of service Syn: out of order, broken, broken down, out of commission, unserviceable, faulty, defective, inoperative, in disrepair; down; informal conked out, bust, kaput, on the blink, on the fritz, acting up, shot …
87shot hole — noun Date: 1875 1. a drilled hole in which a charge of dynamite is exploded 2. the dropping out of small rounded fragments of leaves that produces a shot riddled appearance and is caused especially by parasitic action …
88shot hole — a condition in plants in which small, rounded spots drop out of the leaves, appearing as if the leaves were riddled by shot, resulting from infection or injury. [1795 1805] * * * …
89shot — worn, broken, ruined, had it When they returned my bike, the gears were shot worn out …
90shot across the bow — A warning, to warn. ► “The lawsuit, she says, is a ‘shot across the bow’ to municipalities using illegal means to keep out competitors, which ‘seems to be a much more common practice than we were aware of.’ ” (Wall Street Journal, June 3, 1996 …
