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to shoot down in flames

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

  • 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 — 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 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 down in flames — phrase to refuse to accept someone’s suggestion without even considering it Thesaurus: to refuse to think about, believe or accept somethingsynonym Main entry: flame …   Useful english dictionary

  • shoot down in flames — make fall in a burst of fire; win an argument …   English contemporary dictionary

  • shoot down (in flames) —  Defeat (usu. in argument) …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • shoot someone down in flames — tv. to uin someone; to bring about someone’s downfall. (See also go down in flames.) □ It was a bad idea, okay, but you didn’t have to shoot me down in flames. □ I didn’t mean to shoot you down in flames …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 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 — 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

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