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shot heard 'round the world

shot heard 'round the world is the alternative form of shot heard round the world.

Meaning of shot heard round the world

Phrase

shot heard round the world

  1. The opening volleys of the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolution.
  2. The shooting of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie on 28 June 1914 that was the casus belli of the Great War.
  3. A 1951 home run by Bobby Thomson of the New York Giants
  4. (idiomatic) Any cataclysmic event

Questions about shot heard 'round the world

What is shot heard 'round the world the alternative form of?
Shot heard 'round the world is the alternative form of shot heard round the world.

Words near shot heard 'round the world in the dictionary

  1. shot from the lip
  2. shot garland
  3. shot garlands
  4. shot glass
  5. shot glasses
  6. shot heard 'round the world
  7. shot heard round the world
  8. shot holes
  9. shot in one's locker
  10. shot in the arm
  11. shot in the dark

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