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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)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) 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
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) 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
  3. 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.

Words near shooting through in the dictionary

  1. shooting the lights out
  2. shooting the messenger
  3. shooting the messenger boy
  4. shooting the moon
  5. shooting the shit
  6. shooting through
  7. shooting through like a Bondi tram
  8. shooting trouble
  9. shooting up
  10. shooting war
  11. shooting wars

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