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shot one's cuffs

shot one's cuffs is the simple past and past participle of shoot one's cuffs.

Meaning of shoot one's cuffs

Verb

shoot one's cuffs (third-person singular simple present shoots one's cuffs, present participle shooting one's cuffs, simple past and past participle shot one's cuffs)

  1. To straighten one's arms with a sudden movement to make the cuffs of one's shirt appear beyond the sleeves of one's coat or jacket.
    • Take a pretty young man from behind the desk or the counter. He must be possessed of consummate vanity. Teach him to shoot his cuffs, square his elbows, and brandish his pocket handkerchief.1875 July 3, “The Capitol’s Critic’s Cookery Book”, in The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News: A High-class Weekly Journal of Sports, Art, Literature, Music, and the Drama; Containing Numerous...

Questions about shot one's cuffs

What is shot one's cuffs the simple past and past participle of?
Shot one's cuffs is the simple past and past participle of shoot one's cuffs.

Words near shot one's cuffs in the dictionary

  1. shot off one's mouth
  2. shot on goal
  3. shot on target
  4. shot one in the sink
  5. shot one's bolt
  6. shot one's cuffs
  7. shot one's load
  8. shot one's mouth off
  9. shot one's shot
  10. shot one's wad
  11. shot oneself in the foot

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