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shoot for the moon

shoot for the moon verb: synonym of reach for the stars.

Verb

shoot for the moon (third-person singular simple present shoots for the moon, present participle shooting for the moon, simple past and past participle shot for the moon)

  1. Synonym of reach for the stars.

Synonyms of shoot for the moon

Forms of shoot for the moon

third-person singular presentshoots for the moon
present participleshooting for the moon
past participleshot for the moon
pastshot for the moon

Questions about shoot for the moon

What does shoot for the moon mean?
Shoot for the moon means synonym of reach for the stars.
What part of speech is shoot for the moon?
Shoot for the moon is a verb.
What is the past tense of shoot for the moon?
The past tense of shoot for the moon is shot for the moon.

Words near shoot for the moon in the dictionary

  1. shoot bugs
  2. shoot daggers
  3. shoot down
  4. shoot first and ask questions later
  5. shoot fly
  6. shoot for the moon
  7. shoot for the stars
  8. shoot from the hip
  9. shoot from the lip
  10. shoot holes
  11. shoot it out

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