shooting one's cuffs

Verb

shoot one's cuffs (third-person singular simple present shoots one's cuffs, present participle shooting one's cuffs, simple past and past participle shot one's cuffs)

1. To straighten one's arms with a sudden movement to make the cuffs of one's shirt appear beyond the sleeves of one's coat or jacket.
   • Take a pretty young man from behind the desk or the counter. He must be possessed of consummate vanity. Teach him to shoot his cuffs, square his elbows, and brandish his pocket handkerchief.1875 July 3, “The Capitol’s Critic’s Cookery Book”, in The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News: A High-class Weekly Journal of Sports, Art, Literature, Music, and the Drama; Containing Numerous...