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shooting back

shooting back is the present participle and gerund of shoot back.

Meaning of shoot back

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, back.
  2. To give an abrupt response or retort.
    • My dad shot back that he never understood why The Beatles were considered great artists.2009 July/August, Jacob Levenson, “Why John Lennon Matters”, in Columbia Journalism Review, archived from the original on 20 May 2017

Questions about shooting back

What is shooting back the present participle and gerund of?
Shooting back is the present participle and gerund of shoot back.

Words near shooting back in the dictionary

  1. shooting
  2. shooting a rope
  3. shooting an elephant with a BB gun
  4. shooting and crying
  5. shooting around
  6. shooting back
  7. shooting board
  8. shooting boards
  9. shooting box
  10. shooting boxes
  11. shooting brake

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