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shoots back

shoots back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot back.

Meaning of shoot back

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, back.
  2. To give an abrupt response or retort.
    • My dad shot back that he never understood why The Beatles were considered great artists.2009 July/August, Jacob Levenson, “Why John Lennon Matters”, in Columbia Journalism Review, archived from the original on 20 May 2017

Questions about shoots back

What is shoots back the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shoots back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot back.

Words near shoots back in the dictionary

  1. shootresses
  2. shoots
  3. shoots a rope
  4. shoots an elephant with a BB gun
  5. shoots around
  6. shoots back
  7. shoots daggers
  8. shoots down
  9. shoots first and asks questions later
  10. shoots for the moon
  11. shoots from the hip

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