shoot down
shoot down verb: to cause to fall by shooting.
Verb
shoot down (third-person singular simple present shoots down, present participle shooting down, simple past and past participle shot down)
- To cause to fall by shooting.
- The carnival game involved shooting down tin cans.
- My grandfather shot down several fighter planes in the war.
- To criticize (a request) to the point of preclusion.
- Every proposal I made was shot down at once.
shoot down meaning in Bengali, Malay and Vietnamese
shoot down in Bengali
- গুলি করে ফেলা
shoot down in Malay
- to cause to fall by shooting
- menembak jatuh
shoot down in Vietnamese
- to cause to fall by shooting
- bắn trúng, bắn hạ
Forms of shoot down
| third-person singular present | shoots down |
|---|---|
| present participle | shooting down |
| past participle | shot down |
| past | shot down |
Words formed from shoot down
Questions about shoot down
- What does shoot down mean?
- Shoot down means to cause to fall by shooting.
- What is shoot down in Bengali?
- Shoot down in Bengali is গুলি করে ফেলা. See Shoot down meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is shoot down?
- Shoot down is a verb.
- What is the past tense of shoot down?
- The past tense of shoot down is shot down.
Words near shoot down in the dictionary
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