- ˌshoot sb/sth ˈdown
- phrasal verb
to shoot someone or something and make them fall to the groundRebels claim to have shot down a military plane.[/ex]
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ˌshoot sb/sth ˈdown
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shoot sb/sth down — UK US shoot sb/sth down Phrasal Verb with shoot({{}}/ʃuːt/ verb (shot, shot) ► INFORMAL to criticize someone s ideas or suggestions and stop them being accepted: »All three proposals were shot down by the Finance Committee … Financial and business terms
shoot sth down — UK US shoot sb/sth down Phrasal Verb with shoot({{}}/ʃuːt/ verb (shot, shot) ► INFORMAL to criticize someone s ideas or suggestions and stop them being accepted: »All three proposals were shot down by the Finance Committee … Financial and business terms
shoot — 1 /Su:t/ verb past tense and past participle shot /St/ GUNS/WEAPONS 1 KILL/INJURE (T) to deliberately kill or injure someone using a gun: Lincoln was shot while watching a play in Ford s Theater. | shoot sb in the leg/head etc: He had been shot… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
shoot sb down — UK US shoot sb/sth down Phrasal Verb with shoot({{}}/ʃuːt/ verb (shot, shot) ► INFORMAL to criticize someone s ideas or suggestions and stop them being accepted: »All three proposals were shot down by the Finance Committee … Financial and business terms
shoot*/*/*/ — [ʃuːt] (past tense and past participle shot [ʃɒt] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to fire a gun We were ordered not to shoot until he gave the signal.[/ex] They were shooting at bottles on a wall.[/ex] Armed officers had instructions to shoot the kidnapper on… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
shoot — shoot1 W2S2 [ʃu:t] v past tense and past participle shot [ʃɔt US ʃa:t] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(kill/injure)¦ 2¦(fire a gun etc)¦ 3¦(birds/animals)¦ 4¦(move quickly)¦ 5¦(try to score)¦ 6¦(look at somebody)¦ 7¦(photograph/film)¦ 8¦(pain)¦ 9 … Dictionary of contemporary English
shoot — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 new part of a plant ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh, green, new, tender, young ▪ growing ▪ flowering, leafy … Collocations dictionary
bring sth about phrasal — verb (T) to make something happen: Computers have brought about many changes in the workplace. bring sb/sth around/round phrasal verb (T) 1 bring the conversation around/round to to deliberately and gradually introduce a new subject into a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hand — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ beautiful, delicate, long fingered, pretty, slender ▪ mani … Collocations dictionary
let — 1 /let/ verb past tense and past participle letpresent participle letting 1 ALLOW (transitive not in passive) a) to allow someone to do something: I wanted to go out but my Dad wouldn t let me. | let sb do sth: She won t let her children play by… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
