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shoot down

[phrasal verb]
shoot down (something) or shoot (something) down
: to cause (something) to fall to the ground by hitting it with a bullet, rocket, etc., that is shot from a weapon射下;击落
: to end or defeat (something)结束;打败
: to reject (something) completely否决
shoot down (someone) or shoot (someone) down
: to kill (someone) with a bullet shot from a gun击毙
informal : to refuse to accept the offer made by (someone)拒绝
⇒ Main Entry: 1 shoot

shoot down

verb

shot down; shooting down; shoots down

transitive verb

1
: to cause to fall by shooting
shot down the helicopter
especially : to kill in this way
was shot down in cold blood
2
: to put an end to : defeat, reject
shoot down legislation
3
4
: discredit sense 2
shoot down a theory

Example Sentences

nowadays the aging activist is routinely shot down in most quarters of the media and dismissed as an irrelevant crank every one of my fund-raising ideas was shot down by the other club members

Word History

First Known Use

1657, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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