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shoots through

shoots through is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 shoots through

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

Words near shoots through in the dictionary

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

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