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shoot it out

shoot it out verb: to fight it out with the use of firearms.

Verb

shoot it out (third-person singular simple present shoots it out, present participle shooting it out, simple past and past participle shot it out)

  1. To fight it out with the use of firearms.
    • He would try and catch the Citroën and shoot it out with them and if she got shot in the process, that was too bad too.1953, Ian Fleming, “Black Hare and Grey Hound”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 105

Forms of shoot it out

third-person singular presentshoots it out
present participleshooting it out
past participleshot it out
pastshot it out

Questions about shoot it out

What does shoot it out mean?
Shoot it out means to fight it out with the use of firearms.
What part of speech is shoot it out?
Shoot it out is a verb.
What is the past tense of shoot it out?
The past tense of shoot it out is shot it out.

Words near shoot it out in the dictionary

  1. shoot for the moon
  2. shoot for the stars
  3. shoot from the hip
  4. shoot from the lip
  5. shoot holes
  6. shoot it out
  7. shoot me
  8. shoot off
  9. shoot off at the mouth
  10. shoot off one's mouth
  11. shoot one in the sink

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