shooting through
shooting through is the present participle and gerund of shoot through.
Meaning of shoot through
Verb
shoot through (third-person singular simple present shoots through, present participle shooting through, simple past and past participle shot through)
- To leave, to disappear.
- ‘If I haven't got that money this evening I'll have to shoot through.’1963, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, The Scarecrow, Text Classics, published 2012, page 180
- To die.
- Play your didgeridoo, Blue / Play your didgeridoo / Ah, like, keep playin' 'til I shoot through, Blue / Play your didgeridoo1957, Rolf Harris, Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, through.
- A mostly novelized story shot through with some factual names and dates.
Questions about shooting through
- What is shooting through the present participle and gerund of?
- Shooting through is the present participle and gerund of shoot through.
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