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shot back

shot back is the simple past and past participle 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 shot back

What is shot back the simple past and past participle of?
Shot back is the simple past and past participle of shoot back.

Words near shot back in the dictionary

  1. shot a rope
  2. shot across the bow
  3. shot across the bows
  4. shot an elephant with a BB gun
  5. shot around
  6. shot back
  7. shot blasting
  8. shot box
  9. shot boxes
  10. shot caller
  11. shot callers

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