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shooting daggers

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

Meaning of shoot daggers

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of look daggers.
    Synonyms:
    look daggers

Questions about shooting daggers

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

Words near shooting daggers in the dictionary

  1. shooting boxes
  2. shooting brake
  3. shooting brakes
  4. shooting circle
  5. shooting circles
  6. shooting daggers
  7. shooting down
  8. shooting first and asking questions later
  9. shooting for the moon
  10. shooting from the hip
  11. shooting from the lip

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