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shooting holes

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

Meaning of shoot holes

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) Find faults.
    • Anytime you want to shoot holes in our ideas, don't hesitate to do so.1952, Hope Angel, Illinois Education - Volume 41, Illinois Education Association, page 124

Questions about shooting holes

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

Words near shooting holes in the dictionary

  1. shooting glasses
  2. shooting ground
  3. shooting grounds
  4. shooting guard
  5. shooting guards
  6. shooting holes
  7. shooting iron
  8. shooting irons
  9. shooting match
  10. shooting matches
  11. shooting off

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