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he shoots, he scores

he shoots, he scores phrase: said as someone scores a goal.

Phrase

he shoots, he scores

  1. Said as someone scores a goal.
    • He crouched down so that he was eye level with his desk, and pressing a big paper clip against a smaller one, he shot the clip into a paper cup. ¶ "He shoots, he scores!" he said, raising his arms.1997, Lorna Landvik, Your Oasis on Flame Lake, →ISBN, page 108
  2. Said as someone accomplishes something.

Origin of he shoots, he scores

Coined by Canadian hockey broacaster Foster Hewitt.

Questions about he shoots, he scores

What does he shoots, he scores mean?
He shoots, he scores means said as someone scores a goal.
What part of speech is he shoots, he scores?
He shoots, he scores is a phrase.

Words near he shoots, he scores in the dictionary

  1. he he he
  2. he laughs best that laughs last
  3. he or she
  4. he said, she said
  5. he say, she say
  6. he shoots, he scores
  7. he that mischief hatches, mischief catches
  8. he who denied it supplied it
  9. he who digs a pit for others falls in himself
  10. he who fails to prepare, prepares to fail
  11. he who hesitates is lost

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