I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cover photo/shot (= picture on the front cover )
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The picture became the July 4th cover shot.
a fashion shoot (= an occasion when photographs are taken of fashion models )
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She was asked to star with top model Naomi Campbell in a fashion shoot.
a price shoots up/soars/rockets (= increases quickly by a large amount )
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The price of oil soared in the 1970s.
a shooting pain (= a severe pain that goes from one part of your body to another )
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The shooting pains in her arms and legs slowly began to die away.
a shooting/stabbing incident (= when someone is shot or stabbed )
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Two men died today in a shooting incident.
a warning shot
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Troops fired warning shots over the heads of demonstrators.
be arrested/imprisoned/shot etc as a spy
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Anyone caught working with the Resistance was shot as a spy.
big shot
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His father’s a big shot and he thinks he is, too.
by a long way/shot informal ( also by a long chalk British English ) (= used when something is much better, quicker, cheaper etc )
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It was his best performance this year, by a long way.
cheap shot
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His remark was a cheap shot at short people.
clay pigeon shooting
drop shot
jump shot
make/shoot a film
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Sutton has been making a film for Australian television.
make/shoot a movie
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The children have made their own movies for the contest.
not by a long way/shot informal ( also not by a long chalk British English ) (= not at all or not nearly )
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He had not told Rory everything, not by a long shot.
photo shoot
pot shot
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The boy took a pot shot at a pigeon with his air gun.
shoot a glance (= look extremely quickly )
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He shot a glance at Ellen, making sure she understood him.
shoot craps (= to play this game )
shoot down a plane
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The guerrillas shot down an Israeli fighter plane.
shoot sb dead
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He was jailed for life for shooting dead a burglar.
shoot to fame (= become famous very suddenly )
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She shot to fame as a result of her victory in the Olympics.
shooting gallery
shooting match
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We’re having a big church wedding with bridesmaids, a pageboy – the whole shooting match.
shooting star
shooting stick
shoot/play pool
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We went to the pub and played pool.
shoot/rise/zoom to stardom (= become famous very quickly )
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Ellen shot to stardom as a model last year.
shot put
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an Olympic shot putter
skeet shooting
sliced...shot
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With an open goal in front of him, Wiltord sliced his shot wide of the left post.
the hunting/shooting/fishing season
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Autumn was traditionally the hunting season.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
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Prune grape vines before the sap begins to flow again by cutting all side shoots back to one or two buds.
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If Charlie did attack at night, you could never see what you were shooting back at.
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The baddies of course shoot back costing you time and points.
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When it gets to the last line the beam shoots back to the top.
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There was nothing to shoot back at.
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The school where police learn to shoot back .
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He shot the smoke, which shot back , then he took refuge behind a pile of stones.
dead
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A local lawyer who took up their case was shot dead in January.
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Baruch Goldstein shot dead 29 worshipers and wounded dozens more before he was killed by others at the shrine.
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The Parachute regiment shot dead 13 unarmed Catholics on an illegal civil rights demonstration in Londonderry on January 30, 1972.
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The Mafia struck again on Saturday when a detective was shot dead near Agrigento in Sicily.
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Last month a soldier's wife was shot dead near Dortmund.
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Maria Martin was shot dead in Malaga.
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In the initial clash the police allegedly shot dead five local people.
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The following day police officers shot dead six independence supporters and two passersby during a clash in the southeastern town of Merauke.
down
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Payton, failed to return and was shot down by the A.A. defences at Hassani.
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It must have more than compensated for being shot down , or blown to bits.
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Tanimizu is said to have shot down 32 enemy aircraft.
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He ordered fighters to shoot down Hassans Boeing.
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To this day, I fear the crowds on planes more than the fanatics who might want to shoot down those crowds.
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That day also, Bert Hall shot down a plane and was wounded.
off
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If you want to survive, you shivering ninny, you might as well shoot off your big toe.
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His face had been shot off .
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Ali shot off to find them.
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But nothing outside escaped Two guns were disabled by having their muzzles shot off .
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Then without warning a green flare exploded, which had to have been shot off by one of the fishermen.
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The yoyo gave off a fluted, whistling sound as it descended, and sparks shot off inside it.
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Needless to say, the top subsequently shoots off .
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We were just firing in the dark too much, just shooting off our guns.
up
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While wine consumption has dropped, demand for beer and spirits has shot up .
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The indexes came crashing down, making losers out of many neophyte capitalists gambling that prices would shoot up for ever.
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Then they were off again wheeling around the perimeter shooting up buildings and yet more aircraft.
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All those crack shits shooting up the streets?
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This plant has shot up 21ins in 3 days.
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Varney shot up out of his chair; kicked it aside and flew out the door.
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His admiration for Fouchard shot up .
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Fists shot up , some holding dinner pails in the air like flags.
■ NOUN
arm
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Male speaker Pain was shooting up my arm .
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And as we did a charge shot up my arm .
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He shot out his right arm and landed a punch on Lorrimer's nose.
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Two hours and he brings me the garbage after he shoots his arm full.
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It felt as if red-hot needles were shooting up her arm .
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Dennis Cormier said that when police arrived at the scene, they found Toch had been shot in the upper arm .
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At my first touch it shot away over my arm .
arrow
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He soared up over her and shot her with his arrows at no risk to himself.
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Both were then shot with arrows by her pursuers.
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They shot poisoned arrows from behind the thick bushes.
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She stood still and fitted an arrow to her bow and shot .
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I shot three more arrows into the same spot and saw the foot re-treat beneath her long skirt.
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In one account, a rural policeman shot an arrow into his leg.
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I bad shot that arrow and pierced her shield.
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As he looked upon her it was as if he had shot one of his arrows into his own heart.
bolt
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For the Crown Prince was far from having shot his second bolt .
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Tommy shot the bolts on the tailgate and let it drop.
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Og course that may mean we're shutting the door after the horse has shot it s bolt .
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He got up, as if he had shot his last bolt .
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Waller'd shot the bolt and lowered his eyes.
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She shot bolt upright, pulse racing, mouth dry, and then she remembered the owls.
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They've shot their bolt Geoffrey; they've let you get away.
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She shot the bolt and then fetched her toilet things.
film
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I shot film of them carrying Tho away.
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Similarly, there is now available a fundamental choice between shooting on film or video.
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Claire Raskind, publicist for Fish Tale Productions, which just finished shooting the film , declined comment.
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They had shot their own film and it somehow got mislaid.
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The students came up with the stories, molded the characters and then shot the short films .
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His criticism will fuel controversy about the book on the island, where a film starring Nicolas Cage is being shot .
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This afternoon I shot film on Highway 1, in a village south of Neak Luong.
foot
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This is another classic example of our ability to shoot ourselves in the feet .
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So they shot themselves in the foot .
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A classic case of shooting ourselves in the foot , the chairman, Sir Alan Cockshaw, admitted ruefully yesterday.
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But at the end of the day, they could end up shooting themselves in the foot .
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The only real hospital case was a travelling salesman who had been shot through the foot .
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Conceptually, the worst crime committed here is that the story shoots itself in the foot by making the political too personal.
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Yet when Labour's prospects are rosiest, it always seems to shoot itself in the foot .
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Red Death shot from your feet , fouling the air with its stench of rotting meat and rat feces.
glance
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She drew in a deep breath, shooting a glance at the large clock opposite her, wishing the interview was over.
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Ryker shot an angry glance at Donna and mouthed something she couldn't make out.
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She shot a worried glance down to the bottom of the yard.
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The team shot quizzical glances at their new addition but made no move to get rid of him.
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Miguel shot him a quick glance .
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He shot her a quick glance and pulled into the side of the road.
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Miguel exhaled, shooting a glance at the car.
gun
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Once I used a gun to shoot a wild animal.
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Hitchhikers pulled a gun and shot at him.
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The new ships will have two sets of rapid-fire radar-controlled multi-barrel guns to shoot down missiles.
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We were members of a gun club; we shot there regularly.
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Get a gun and shoot it?
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Quickly, I took a gun , and shot one of the animals.
head
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He was toting the gun for a purpose - to shoot her through the head or knock her unconscious, or both.
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The 21-year-old gunman then shot himself in the head .
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Of 23 bodies she saw, all had been shot in the head with their hands tied behind their backs.
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Dead three days, shot in the head , probably while kneeling.
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You'd been shot in the head , but your legs were still plodding.
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LoEshe, who was sitting in the back seat, was shot in the head .
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He had been shot through the head .
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About 9: 30 that night Yelayne Arancibia was shot in the head as she sat at a computer in the apartment.
leg
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I righted myself and pain shot up my right leg as I put weight on it.
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But his self-image had become so out of phase with reality that he wanted to shoot his own leg .
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Then he shot his legs up into the sky and slid down without a splash.
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Officers then shot Mao in the leg several times and he collapsed.
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The manager was shot in the leg and badly beaten up.
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She was draped across a bundle of straw, not quite dead, shot in the legs and stomach.
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A man was shot in the leg and money was stolen.
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Reynaldo tried to escape into the medical clinic and was shot in the leg .
look
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He shot me a look brimful of amusement, then drained his cup and sat back in the chair.
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Mandy shot her a look of pure astonishment.
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He shot me a worried look .
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Lily shot a quick horrified look up and down the road.
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Rob shot a look at Loulse, who smiled.
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Muriel shot a look at Lily's downcast profile.
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His wife shot him a look .
movie
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He makes a habit of this whenever he shoots a movie somewhere.
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Eventually, he coerces several of them onstage to shoot a silent movie , somehow selecting precisely the right individuals.
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Thirty-three years later, Spielberg is still shooting movies , though on a much grander scale.
plane
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That day also, Bert Hall shot down a plane and was wounded.
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The accidental shooting down of a plane carrying civilians would be a disaster for Western policy.
range
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Massenga pulled a Mini-Uzi from inside his overall and shot Sibele at point-blank range .
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An hour later when the police left, three youths were dead; they had been shot at close range .
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David Byrne fired in a cross from the right and Grant shrugged off Richard Gough to shoot home from close range .
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The sound of shooting from the firing range was frequent.
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The 18-year-old was shot at close range outside a post office in Exeter, Devon.
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Most of them were shot at close range .
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He traded gunfire with them for hours last April before they forced their way in and shot him at point-blank range .
video
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Suppose, for instance, you have shot some video on a harbour-front.
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Similarly, there is now available a fundamental choice between shooting on film or video .
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Our stuff was incredibly ugly, shot on video and very cheap.
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The video was shot by renowned photographer Herb Ritts who has a history of shooting sexy videos.
■ VERB
start
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I started shooting , then, to prove the gods were really smiling on me, Gary Smart appeared in shot.
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Lee said it is unknown if the gunman attempted to rob the couple before he started shooting .
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Each side blamed the other for starting the shooting .
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Pippen started shooting Tuesday for the first time since he underwent surgery on his right elbow Jan. 29.
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Remember to pre-swing before starting to shoot - no hose-piping.
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Suddenly, they started shooting at him, so he began to run.
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The only light was the faint-red glow of our own instrument panel-un-til Charlie started shooting .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a 10 to 1 shot/50 to 1 shot etc
a gangland killing/murder/shooting etc
a good/bad etc shot
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But Nogai's a good shot .
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Ed Kelley was a good shot .
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He made a good shot from there and holed a three-foot putt for a quadruple-bogey eight.
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If I hit a bad shot , I try to minimize its effect.
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Klingler made it clear at the end of 1996 that he wanted a better shot at moving up the depth chart.
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That much was the least expected of a hunter who had made a bad shot .
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They have a better shot at claiming the governorship.
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Tom played a bad shot out of the bunker, and he does no more than charge straight at this press guy.
a shot across the bows/a warning shot (across the bows)
a shot in the arm
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The new factory will give the local economy a real shot in the arm.
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Coming back will be a shot in the arm.
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In 1922 it received a shot in the arm through a large subsidy from the Central Committee.
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It now had the effect of a shot in the arm.
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It was like a shot in the arm for us, and our tiredness fell away.
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On the Conservative side, the decision of Callaghan not to hold an election came as a shot in the arm.
a shot in the dark
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Let's see if she's at Fiona's house. It's a shot in the dark, but we've got to start looking somewhere.
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My answer to the last question was a complete shot in the dark.
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That was a shot in the dark, but judging from the expression on his face it struck home.
be a long shot
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It does no harm to write to the nearest local residents and businesses, but generally this is a long shot .
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It was a long shot , but he might have been calling from his usual hotel in Lagos.
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It was a long shot , of course, but if she looked carefully she might find something.
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It was a long shot , very long.
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This is a long shot , but I still want to try it.
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We are long shots and we are approaching it that way.
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Well, actually, he wanted two things, but he knew the second was a long shot .
be shooting/firing blanks
be shot through with sth
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All the stories were shot through with Hurley's dry, gentle humor.
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fine silk shot through with gold threads
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And his parents' letters were shot through with such worry.
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Many of the women's purity associations were shot through with similar class divisions.
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Statement is shot through with feeling in the long, passionately detailed account of the mutiny.
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This is a genuine kind of knowledge, but it is shot through with subjectivity.
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Unfortunately the timber industry is shot through with economic inefficiency.
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Violence is endemic and Thomson fashions a stylish off-beat thriller which occasionally meanders but is shot through with genuine menace.
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Yet that concept of secular potential was shot through with particular assumptions.
be/get/want shot of sb/sth
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Helen couldn't wait to get shot of me.
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If you want to get shot of it through DataEase, it depends on what version you're using.
big shot
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a meeting of insurance-industry big shots
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Among Western Conference big shots , only San Antonio seems trouble-free right now.
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And they used to race some of the big shots in New Bedford.
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He will be a big shot one day, she thinks.
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I gave my opinion but, of course, it was a big shot so early in the game.
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Malone, however, choked when it came to making his two biggest shots of the game.
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This is a matter between the big shots .
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You see, all the artists wanted to be big shots .
blame/shoot the messenger
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Criticising Alan for saying how well scum are playing is a bit like shooting the messenger who brings bad news.
crack shot
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A crack shot and a notorious gambler.
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And of course the doctor is a crack shot...
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Dirk, nearly sixteen, is a crack shot.
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The book centres on young blonde Donna, a crack shot with a.45 Magnum.
drive-by shooting/killing
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A family of illegal aliens is peppered with shotgun pellets in a drive-by shooting.
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A second drive-by shooting March 19 was linked to another gang.
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All we get is this stereotyping of violence that I believe leads to drive-by shootings.
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As far as we know, nobody ever pulled a drive-by shooting from a golf cart.
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G., was killed March 9 in a Los Angeles drive-by shooting.
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One person died in a drive-by shooting and several were injured.
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The last attack was a drive-by shooting about 3 a. m. June 1.
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Your son was killed in a drive-by shooting.
give sth your best shot
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I'm not promising I'll succeed, but I'll give it my best shot .
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Hopefully he can recover and regain his test place and give it his best shot .
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I'd have given it my best shot , and that was all anyone could demand from me.
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I just have a feeling that we have given it our best shot .
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The band gave it their best shot , until the arrival of the blue meanies put an end to the proceedings.
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You were never entirely safe from prying fingers in Chinatown, but I had to give it my best shot .
hanging/shooting etc is too good for sb
like a shot
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She slammed the phone down and was out of the room like a shot .
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He asked Jeter if he'd like a shot at it.
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I'd tell you like a shot if we ever got into a real jam.
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It is not a direct stimulant, like a shot of adrenaline.
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She'd be off to Legoland like a shot , to see that caretaker, if Henry said anything.
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Sometimes they fall over one another, like shots from a rapid-fire camera.
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The great majority, once they breach the system and hear the telltale whine, are out of there like a shot .
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Travis had left the door open - she seized her chance, and was through it like a shot .
long shot
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City officials and securities experts think the activists are betting on a long shot.
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He had not told Rory everything, not by a long shot.
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It's a long shot, but well worth trying.
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Its brief revival was sparked by Dziekanowski who fed Tarasiewicz and for once a long shot had Shilton in trouble.
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She had looked everywhere else and, although it seemed a long shot, she might as well look in there.
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The 45-year-old candidate remains the longest of long shots for the Republican nomination.
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This is a long shot, but I still want to try it.
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With all the interest the article had generated, Fanshawe no longer seemed like such a long shot.
parting shot
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As Eve was leaving, she couldn't resist a parting shot at Brian: "I never loved you anyway!"
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As it will be the best remembered part of your presentation, your parting shot needs to be powerful.
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Gilliland, however, had a parting shot to fire in his paper in Astrophysical Journal.
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He left with a parting shot at Supervisor Mike Boyd.
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He was strong enough now to attribute the man's parting shot about his drawings to sheer malice.
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It's no coincidence that it originated in Moscow - this was the Communist old guard's parting shot.
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The ultimate parting shot from an ungrateful aircraft that had enjoyed every care and attention.
take a pot shot at sb/sth
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There is a small but vocal minority that likes to take pot shots at the United Nations.
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It would be easy, even tempting, to take a pot shot at us.
the whole shooting match
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Why not rerun the whole shooting match in every state that was too close to call?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"I have a couple of questions for you." "Okay, shoot ."
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A tourist was shot dead by muggers in New Orleans last night.
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Armed robbers who shot at a security guard are still being hunted by police.
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He had been shot in the chest but managed to crawl to safety.
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Her second novel shot straight to the top of the bestseller lists.
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I was afraid they were going to shoot us.
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If you move, I'll shoot .
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Make sure you hold the gun steady and shoot straight.
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O'Neal turned and shot from behind the 3-point line.
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Rico had been shot by a member of a rival gang.
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She shot herself with one of her husband's hunting rifles.
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Stop or I'll shoot !
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The Defence Minister had ordered troops to shoot to kill if attacked.
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The opening scenes of the program were shot in northern Oregon.
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We used to shoot at empty bottles for practice.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Had I tried to run away I should certainly have been shot in the back.....
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He ordered fighters to shoot down Hassans Boeing.
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If I had possessed a gun that day I would have shot Frank; that is how bad I felt.
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Olajuwon had only one shot in the closing minutes and Barkley got the call on the final shot, which he missed.
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Turner, who was being held after his bail was revoked after the Pappas shooting, was released and Wednesday.
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We shoot in real locations, with real-life couples.
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Witnesses said a man walked up to the couple in the park and talked briefly to them before shooting them.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
green
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The curtains looked like spring, but a spring that had happened somewhere else: all green shoots and rainfall and blossom.
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Using your thumb and index finger, remove soft, new green shoots to just above the set of leaves.
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What Forest displayed at Elland Road were not green shoots of recovery but a field of talent in full bloom.
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It was weeks before the bulbs in William and Jenny's bowls began to show green shoots .
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It can not just point smugly to the late-flowering green shoots of recovery and wait for economic summer to arrive.
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To claim that a packed Oxford Street is an indication of the green shoots of recovery is surely rather premature.
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I just skip and run - and look for green shoots .
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Let's hope that a wet spring will bring green shoots for Roberts and the economy alike.
new
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In spring, new shoots appear, when it can be replanted in the aquarium.
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In early March, pull aside the heavy mulch and gather the new young shoots that have come up through the straw.
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The ancient traits of the family name still there in the cells of the new-going shoots .
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Using your thumb and index finger, remove soft, new green shoots to just above the set of leaves.
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Pruning will also delay the flowering while new shoots grow - a very important point in northern wine regions like Champagne.
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Every spring, the oldest canes should be removed to allow new shoots to develop.
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Each day she found new shoots coming out of the ground.
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If these new shoots have roots attached, they can be transplanted in a new spot.
young
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Choose healthy young shoots , 2in long, from around the base.
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In early March, pull aside the heavy mulch and gather the new young shoots that have come up through the straw.
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Start budding rootstocks towards the end of the month, taking buds from firm young shoots .
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Some varieties, such as Choy Sum, are grown for the young flower shoots .
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September Take cuttings from strong young shoots and root outdoors as for soft fruit.
■ NOUN
fashion
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Angela pin ups I've noticed that you use a lot of badges in your fashion shoots .
photo
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During the photo shoot , a slow stream of curious tourists and bonafide fans wander up for autographs.
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I do the photo shoots for the covers.
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The Annie Leibovitz photo shoot went great.
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I knew how to juggle photo shoots , prepare catalogs, everything.
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The rest of the day is a blur of photo shoots , speeches, interviews and endless briefings with his managers.
video
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Here ends your first video shoot .
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Why not turn your next video shoot into a day out with family or friends?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a 10 to 1 shot/50 to 1 shot etc
a gangland killing/murder/shooting etc
a good/bad etc shot
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But Nogai's a good shot .
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Ed Kelley was a good shot .
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He made a good shot from there and holed a three-foot putt for a quadruple-bogey eight.
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If I hit a bad shot , I try to minimize its effect.
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Klingler made it clear at the end of 1996 that he wanted a better shot at moving up the depth chart.
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That much was the least expected of a hunter who had made a bad shot .
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They have a better shot at claiming the governorship.
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Tom played a bad shot out of the bunker, and he does no more than charge straight at this press guy.
a shot across the bows/a warning shot (across the bows)
a shot in the arm
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The new factory will give the local economy a real shot in the arm.
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Coming back will be a shot in the arm.
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In 1922 it received a shot in the arm through a large subsidy from the Central Committee.
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It now had the effect of a shot in the arm.
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It was like a shot in the arm for us, and our tiredness fell away.
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On the Conservative side, the decision of Callaghan not to hold an election came as a shot in the arm.
a shot in the dark
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Let's see if she's at Fiona's house. It's a shot in the dark, but we've got to start looking somewhere.
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My answer to the last question was a complete shot in the dark.
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That was a shot in the dark, but judging from the expression on his face it struck home.
be a long shot
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It does no harm to write to the nearest local residents and businesses, but generally this is a long shot .
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It was a long shot , but he might have been calling from his usual hotel in Lagos.
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It was a long shot , of course, but if she looked carefully she might find something.
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It was a long shot , very long.
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This is a long shot , but I still want to try it.
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We are long shots and we are approaching it that way.
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Well, actually, he wanted two things, but he knew the second was a long shot .
be shot through with sth
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All the stories were shot through with Hurley's dry, gentle humor.
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fine silk shot through with gold threads
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And his parents' letters were shot through with such worry.
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Many of the women's purity associations were shot through with similar class divisions.
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Statement is shot through with feeling in the long, passionately detailed account of the mutiny.
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This is a genuine kind of knowledge, but it is shot through with subjectivity.
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Unfortunately the timber industry is shot through with economic inefficiency.
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Violence is endemic and Thomson fashions a stylish off-beat thriller which occasionally meanders but is shot through with genuine menace.
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Yet that concept of secular potential was shot through with particular assumptions.
be/get/want shot of sb/sth
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Helen couldn't wait to get shot of me.
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If you want to get shot of it through DataEase, it depends on what version you're using.
big shot
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a meeting of insurance-industry big shots
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Among Western Conference big shots , only San Antonio seems trouble-free right now.
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And they used to race some of the big shots in New Bedford.
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He will be a big shot one day, she thinks.
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I gave my opinion but, of course, it was a big shot so early in the game.
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Malone, however, choked when it came to making his two biggest shots of the game.
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This is a matter between the big shots .
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You see, all the artists wanted to be big shots .
crack shot
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A crack shot and a notorious gambler.
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And of course the doctor is a crack shot...
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Dirk, nearly sixteen, is a crack shot.
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The book centres on young blonde Donna, a crack shot with a.45 Magnum.
drive-by shooting/killing
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A family of illegal aliens is peppered with shotgun pellets in a drive-by shooting.
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A second drive-by shooting March 19 was linked to another gang.
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All we get is this stereotyping of violence that I believe leads to drive-by shootings.
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As far as we know, nobody ever pulled a drive-by shooting from a golf cart.
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G., was killed March 9 in a Los Angeles drive-by shooting.
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One person died in a drive-by shooting and several were injured.
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The last attack was a drive-by shooting about 3 a. m. June 1.
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Your son was killed in a drive-by shooting.
give sth a try/shot/whirl
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Are you having trouble fixing the printer? Let me give it a shot.
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But on this case, I can not give it a try - that is the point.
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He says he thought he'd give it a try, but he got stuck.
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Joe gives her the shot twice a week.
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Magnus grew fat on brown wholemeal scraps and Gina gave up trying to keep him away.
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She had given up trying to read to him, play with him, teach him anything: he could not learn.
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Vladimir finally gave up trying to teach me and returned to his sketching.
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We wanted into the book badly, and gave it a shot one afternoon.
give sth your best shot
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I'm not promising I'll succeed, but I'll give it my best shot .
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Hopefully he can recover and regain his test place and give it his best shot .
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I'd have given it my best shot , and that was all anyone could demand from me.
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I just have a feeling that we have given it our best shot .
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The band gave it their best shot , until the arrival of the blue meanies put an end to the proceedings.
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You were never entirely safe from prying fingers in Chinatown, but I had to give it my best shot .
hanging/shooting etc is too good for sb
like a shot
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She slammed the phone down and was out of the room like a shot .
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He asked Jeter if he'd like a shot at it.
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I'd tell you like a shot if we ever got into a real jam.
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It is not a direct stimulant, like a shot of adrenaline.
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She'd be off to Legoland like a shot , to see that caretaker, if Henry said anything.
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Sometimes they fall over one another, like shots from a rapid-fire camera.
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The great majority, once they breach the system and hear the telltale whine, are out of there like a shot .
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Travis had left the door open - she seized her chance, and was through it like a shot .
long shot
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City officials and securities experts think the activists are betting on a long shot.
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He had not told Rory everything, not by a long shot.
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It's a long shot, but well worth trying.
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Its brief revival was sparked by Dziekanowski who fed Tarasiewicz and for once a long shot had Shilton in trouble.
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She had looked everywhere else and, although it seemed a long shot, she might as well look in there.
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The 45-year-old candidate remains the longest of long shots for the Republican nomination.
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This is a long shot, but I still want to try it.
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With all the interest the article had generated, Fanshawe no longer seemed like such a long shot.
parting shot
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As Eve was leaving, she couldn't resist a parting shot at Brian: "I never loved you anyway!"
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As it will be the best remembered part of your presentation, your parting shot needs to be powerful.
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Gilliland, however, had a parting shot to fire in his paper in Astrophysical Journal.
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He left with a parting shot at Supervisor Mike Boyd.
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He was strong enough now to attribute the man's parting shot about his drawings to sheer malice.
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It's no coincidence that it originated in Moscow - this was the Communist old guard's parting shot.
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The ultimate parting shot from an ungrateful aircraft that had enjoyed every care and attention.
put forth leaves/shoots/roots etc
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Suddenly as they exchanged memories each saw the other putting forth leaves.
take a pot shot at sb/sth
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There is a small but vocal minority that likes to take pot shots at the United Nations.
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It would be easy, even tempting, to take a pot shot at us.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Some of the guys are going on a duck shoot this weekend.
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Stevens had just finished a photo shoot for a clothing company.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Madeiran willow, with its fine supple shoots, is never allowed to grow tall.
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Players from almost every Premier League club were involved in a shoot that took four days and cost £400,000.
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Propagation is done by either dividing the rootstock with shoots or by planting seeds in a container of damp sand or loam.
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Sever each side shoot by pulling away, or cutting if necessary, so that a heel is left attached.
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The bird is served whole on the grapevine shoot and is eaten Tom Jones style.
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We were led on camel-back to the shoot .
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PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a 10 to 1 shot/50 to 1 shot etc
a gangland killing/murder/shooting etc
a good/bad etc shot
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But Nogai's a good shot .
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Ed Kelley was a good shot .
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He made a good shot from there and holed a three-foot putt for a quadruple-bogey eight.
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If I hit a bad shot , I try to minimize its effect.
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Klingler made it clear at the end of 1996 that he wanted a better shot at moving up the depth chart.
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That much was the least expected of a hunter who had made a bad shot .
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They have a better shot at claiming the governorship.
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Tom played a bad shot out of the bunker, and he does no more than charge straight at this press guy.
a shot across the bows/a warning shot (across the bows)
a shot in the arm
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The new factory will give the local economy a real shot in the arm.
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Coming back will be a shot in the arm.
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In 1922 it received a shot in the arm through a large subsidy from the Central Committee.
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It now had the effect of a shot in the arm.
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It was like a shot in the arm for us, and our tiredness fell away.
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On the Conservative side, the decision of Callaghan not to hold an election came as a shot in the arm.
a shot in the dark
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Let's see if she's at Fiona's house. It's a shot in the dark, but we've got to start looking somewhere.
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My answer to the last question was a complete shot in the dark.
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That was a shot in the dark, but judging from the expression on his face it struck home.
be a long shot
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It does no harm to write to the nearest local residents and businesses, but generally this is a long shot .
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It was a long shot , but he might have been calling from his usual hotel in Lagos.
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It was a long shot , of course, but if she looked carefully she might find something.
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It was a long shot , very long.
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This is a long shot , but I still want to try it.
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We are long shots and we are approaching it that way.
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Well, actually, he wanted two things, but he knew the second was a long shot .
be shooting/firing blanks
be shot through with sth
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All the stories were shot through with Hurley's dry, gentle humor.
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fine silk shot through with gold threads
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And his parents' letters were shot through with such worry.
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Many of the women's purity associations were shot through with similar class divisions.
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Statement is shot through with feeling in the long, passionately detailed account of the mutiny.
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This is a genuine kind of knowledge, but it is shot through with subjectivity.
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Unfortunately the timber industry is shot through with economic inefficiency.
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Violence is endemic and Thomson fashions a stylish off-beat thriller which occasionally meanders but is shot through with genuine menace.
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Yet that concept of secular potential was shot through with particular assumptions.
be/get/want shot of sb/sth
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Helen couldn't wait to get shot of me.
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If you want to get shot of it through DataEase, it depends on what version you're using.
big shot
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a meeting of insurance-industry big shots
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Among Western Conference big shots , only San Antonio seems trouble-free right now.
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And they used to race some of the big shots in New Bedford.
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He will be a big shot one day, she thinks.
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I gave my opinion but, of course, it was a big shot so early in the game.
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Malone, however, choked when it came to making his two biggest shots of the game.
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This is a matter between the big shots .
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You see, all the artists wanted to be big shots .
blame/shoot the messenger
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Criticising Alan for saying how well scum are playing is a bit like shooting the messenger who brings bad news.
crack shot
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A crack shot and a notorious gambler.
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And of course the doctor is a crack shot...
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Dirk, nearly sixteen, is a crack shot.
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The book centres on young blonde Donna, a crack shot with a.45 Magnum.
drive-by shooting/killing
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A family of illegal aliens is peppered with shotgun pellets in a drive-by shooting.
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A second drive-by shooting March 19 was linked to another gang.
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All we get is this stereotyping of violence that I believe leads to drive-by shootings.
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As far as we know, nobody ever pulled a drive-by shooting from a golf cart.
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G., was killed March 9 in a Los Angeles drive-by shooting.
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One person died in a drive-by shooting and several were injured.
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The last attack was a drive-by shooting about 3 a. m. June 1.
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Your son was killed in a drive-by shooting.
give sth a try/shot/whirl
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Are you having trouble fixing the printer? Let me give it a shot.
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But on this case, I can not give it a try - that is the point.
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He says he thought he'd give it a try, but he got stuck.
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Joe gives her the shot twice a week.
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Magnus grew fat on brown wholemeal scraps and Gina gave up trying to keep him away.
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She had given up trying to read to him, play with him, teach him anything: he could not learn.
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Vladimir finally gave up trying to teach me and returned to his sketching.
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We wanted into the book badly, and gave it a shot one afternoon.
give sth your best shot
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I'm not promising I'll succeed, but I'll give it my best shot .
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Hopefully he can recover and regain his test place and give it his best shot .
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I'd have given it my best shot , and that was all anyone could demand from me.
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I just have a feeling that we have given it our best shot .
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The band gave it their best shot , until the arrival of the blue meanies put an end to the proceedings.
▪
You were never entirely safe from prying fingers in Chinatown, but I had to give it my best shot .
hanging/shooting etc is too good for sb
like a shot
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She slammed the phone down and was out of the room like a shot .
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He asked Jeter if he'd like a shot at it.
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I'd tell you like a shot if we ever got into a real jam.
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It is not a direct stimulant, like a shot of adrenaline.
▪
She'd be off to Legoland like a shot , to see that caretaker, if Henry said anything.
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Sometimes they fall over one another, like shots from a rapid-fire camera.
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The great majority, once they breach the system and hear the telltale whine, are out of there like a shot .
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Travis had left the door open - she seized her chance, and was through it like a shot .
long shot
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City officials and securities experts think the activists are betting on a long shot.
▪
He had not told Rory everything, not by a long shot.
▪
It's a long shot, but well worth trying.
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Its brief revival was sparked by Dziekanowski who fed Tarasiewicz and for once a long shot had Shilton in trouble.
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She had looked everywhere else and, although it seemed a long shot, she might as well look in there.
▪
The 45-year-old candidate remains the longest of long shots for the Republican nomination.
▪
This is a long shot, but I still want to try it.
▪
With all the interest the article had generated, Fanshawe no longer seemed like such a long shot.
parting shot
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As Eve was leaving, she couldn't resist a parting shot at Brian: "I never loved you anyway!"
▪
As it will be the best remembered part of your presentation, your parting shot needs to be powerful.
▪
Gilliland, however, had a parting shot to fire in his paper in Astrophysical Journal.
▪
He left with a parting shot at Supervisor Mike Boyd.
▪
He was strong enough now to attribute the man's parting shot about his drawings to sheer malice.
▪
It's no coincidence that it originated in Moscow - this was the Communist old guard's parting shot.
▪
The ultimate parting shot from an ungrateful aircraft that had enjoyed every care and attention.
put forth leaves/shoots/roots etc
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Suddenly as they exchanged memories each saw the other putting forth leaves.
take a pot shot at sb/sth
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There is a small but vocal minority that likes to take pot shots at the United Nations.
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It would be easy, even tempting, to take a pot shot at us.
the whole shooting match
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Why not rerun the whole shooting match in every state that was too close to call?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Oh, shoot ! I forgot to go to the bank.