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shoots down

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

Meaning of shoot down

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To cause to fall by shooting.
    • The carnival game involved shooting down tin cans.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To criticize (a request) to the point of preclusion.
    • Every proposal I made was shot down at once.

Questions about shoots down

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

Words near shoots down in the dictionary

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

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