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hit two birds with one shot

hit two birds with one shot is the alternative form of kill two birds with one stone.

Meaning of kill two birds with one stone

Verb

kill two birds with one stone (third-person singular simple present kills two birds with one stone, present participle killing two birds with one stone, simple past and past participle killed two birds with one stone)

  1. (idiomatic) To solve two problems with one single action.
    • Biking to work kills two birds with one stone. It saves money travelling and will help to lose weight.

Forms of hit two birds with one shot

third-person singular presenthits two birds with one shot
present participlehitting two birds with one shot
past participlehit two birds with one shot
pasthit two birds with one shot

Questions about hit two birds with one shot

What is hit two birds with one shot the alternative form of?
Hit two birds with one shot is the alternative form of kill two birds with one stone.

Words near hit two birds with one shot in the dictionary

  1. hit the streets
  2. hit the trail
  3. hit the wall
  4. hit them licks
  5. hit too close to home
  6. hit two birds with one shot
  7. hit two targets with one arrow
  8. hit up
  9. hit up against
  10. hit upon
  11. hit ups

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hit two birds with one shot (page history and authors); kill two birds with one stone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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