shoot (down)
101Shoot-and-scoot — The term shoot and scoot refers to an artillery tactic of firing at a target and then immediately moving away from the location where the shots were fired. The reason for this is to avoid counter battery fire shots fired at the origin of incoming …
102Shoot the Piano Player — Infobox Film name = Shoot the Piano Player image size = caption = The original theatrical poster. director = François Truffaut producer = Pierre Braunberger writer = François Truffaut Marcel Moussy David Goodis (novel) narrator = starring =… …
103shoot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rush, dart; sprout, burgeon, grow; fire, discharge; detonate, explode; kill, wound, hit; propel, drive, emit. See velocity, propulsion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To discharge] Syn. fire, shoot off, expel …
104shoot someone/thing down — bring down an aircraft or person by shooting. → shoot …
105ˌshoot sb/sth ˈdown — phrasal verb to shoot someone or something and make them fall to the ground Rebels claim to have shot down a military plane.[/ex] …
106Shoot a Crooked Arrow — Infobox Television episode | Title = Shoot a Crooked Arrow Series = Batman Season = 2 Episode = 35 Airdate = September 7, 1966 (ABC) Production = 9705 Pt. 1 Writer = Stanley Ralph Ross Director = Sherman Marks Guests = Dick Clark Sam Jaffe Myron… …
107shoot — 1. to kill or wound by a firearm Literally, to discharge a projectile. This standard use implies an accurate aim by the person who does the shooting: He was condemned to death and shot within two hours. (Goebbels, 1945, in translation)… …
108shoot someone or something down — tv. o ruin someone or something; to debunk someone or something. (See also shot down.) □ Just as I was making the final point, she shot me down with a simple fact I should have remembered. CD The boss shot down my plan immediately …
109shoot someone/something down — kill or wound someone by shooting them, esp. in a ruthless way troops shot down 28 demonstrators ■ bring down an aircraft, missile, or pilot by shooting at it ■ figurative crush someone or their opinions by forceful criticism or argument she… …
110down at heel — adjective a) In poor condition, especially due to having worn heels; worn out, shabby. A pair of Oxford mixture trousers . . .fell in a series of not the most graceful folds over a pair of shoes sufficiently down at heel to display a pair of very …
