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shot through

shot through is the simple past and past participle 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 shot through

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

Words near shot through in the dictionary

  1. shot the lights out
  2. shot the messenger
  3. shot the messenger boy
  4. shot the moon
  5. shot the shit
  6. shot through
  7. shot through like a Bondi tram
  8. shot through with
  9. shot to nothing
  10. shot tower
  11. shot towers

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