SHOOT SB/STH


Meaning of SHOOT SB/STH in English

down

1.

to make sb/sth fall to the ground by shooting them / it :

Several planes were shot down by enemy fire.

2.

to be very critical of sb's ideas, opinions, etc. :

His latest theory has been shot down in flames .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.