shoot down

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• shoot down — ► shoot down bring down (an aircraft or person) by sh ooting. Main Entry: ↑shoot …   English terms dictionary

• shoot down — verb 1. move quickly and violently (Freq. 1) The car tore down the street He came charging into my office • Syn: ↑tear, ↑shoot, ↑charge, ↑buck • See Also: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• shoot down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms shoot down : present tense I/you/we/they shoot down he/she/it shoots down present participle shooting down past tense shot down past participle shot down 1) a) to kill someone with a gun He had been walking… …   English dictionary

• shoot down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone shoots down an aeroplane, a helicopter, or a missile, they make it fall to the ground by hitting it with a bullet or missile. [V P n (not pron)] They claimed to have shot down one incoming missile... [V P n (not pron)]… …   English dictionary

• shoot down — transitive verb Date: 1657 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Shoot Down — Infobox Film name = Shoot Down caption = director = Cristina Khuly writer = Cristina Khuly starring = producer = Gloria Bremer, Larry Confino, Douglas Eger editing = Malcolm Jamieson distributor = Rogues Harbor Studios budget = US$500,000 (est.)… …   Wikipedia

• shoot down — UK US shoot down Phrasal Verb with shoot({{}}/ʃuːt/ verb (shot, shot) ► to become smaller in number or amount very quickly and suddenly: »Profits shot down by 30% in the month following the crisis …   Financial and business terms

• shoot down — phr verb Shoot down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑aircraft, ↑helicopter, ↑missile, ↑plane …   Collocations dictionary

• shoot down (something) — 1. to destroy an aircraft or weapon in the sky by shooting it. In the movie, he pulls out a portable rocket launcher and shoots down the helicopter. If we detect an incoming missile, we must be able to shoot it down. 2. to refuse to accept… …   New idioms dictionary

• shoot down in flames — (informal) 1. To reprimand severely 2. To destroy, humiliate, esp by the strength of one s argument • • • Main Entry: ↑shoot …   Useful english dictionary

• shoot down in flames — If someone demolishes your argument, it (and you) have been shot down in flames …   The small dictionary of idiomes