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shooting someone straight

shooting someone straight is the present participle and gerund of shoot someone straight.

Meaning of shoot someone straight

Verb

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

  1. (slang, transitive) To treat or deal honestly with; be truthful and upfront with.
    • I left that meeting thinking well, you know, he shot me straight. He told me more or less where my future lies in academia, which is being average, and that is a perfectly noble pursuit.2014, Sebastian Gutierrez, Data Scientists at Work, page 115

Questions about shooting someone straight

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

Words near shooting someone straight in the dictionary

  1. shooting ratio
  2. shooting ratios
  3. shooting rights
  4. shooting seat
  5. shooting seats
  6. shooting someone straight
  7. shooting spree
  8. shooting sprees
  9. shooting star
  10. shooting stars
  11. shooting stick

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