troops shot down 28 demonstrators
she tried to argue and got shot down in flames for her trouble
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
cut someone/something down — 1 24 hectares of trees were cut down: FELL, chop down, hack down, saw down, hew. 2 he was cut down in his prime: KILL, slaughter, shoot down, mow down, gun down; … Useful english dictionary
mow someone/something down — KILL, gun down, shoot down, cut down, cut to pieces, butcher, slaughter, massacre, annihilate, wipe out; informal blow away. → mow … Useful english dictionary
ˌshoot 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] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
shoot something down in flames — shoot (something/someone) down in flames informal to strongly criticize an idea or plan, or to refuse to accept it. Several months ago this highly impractical idea would have been shot down in flames. I thought I d made a sensible suggestion, but … New idioms dictionary
shoot someone down in flames — shoot (something/someone) down in flames informal to strongly criticize an idea or plan, or to refuse to accept it. Several months ago this highly impractical idea would have been shot down in flames. I thought I d made a sensible suggestion, but … New idioms dictionary
shoot 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 … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
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 — verb (past and past participle shot) 1》 kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow. ↘cause (a gun) to fire. ↘hunt game with a gun. ↘(shoot someone/thing down) bring down an aircraft or person by shooting. 2》 move… … English new terms dictionary
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 — shoot1 [ ʃut ] (past tense and past participle shot [ ʃat ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 fire gun ▸ 2 in sports ▸ 3 move suddenly & quickly ▸ 4 take photographs etc. ▸ 5 put drug in body ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive to fire a gun: We were… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
