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shot down

shot down is the simple past and past participle 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 shot down

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

Words near shot down in the dictionary

  1. shot clock
  2. shot clocks
  3. shot cup
  4. shot cups
  5. shot daggers
  6. shot down
  7. shot first and asked questions later
  8. shot for the moon
  9. shot from the hip
  10. shot from the lip
  11. shot garland

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