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shoot someone down


phrasal verb with shootverbuk /ʃuːt/ us /ʃuːt/shot | shot
to shoot and usually kill someone, showing no sympathy: (毫不留情地)击倒,击毙(某人)
I saw Leonforte shoot him down like a dog in the street.我看见利昂福特在大街上把他击毙,就像打死一只狗一样。
to say no to, or disagree with, someone's ideas or suggestions, especially in a forceful or unkind way:
He asked her for her number but she shot him down.
I'm going to pose a hypothesis, and then you can either accept it or shoot me down.
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shoot someone/something down


phrasal verb with shootverbuk /ʃuːt/ us /ʃuːt/shot | shot
to destroy an aircraft or make an aircraft, pilot, bird, etc. fall to the ground by shooting at it or them:
He was killed during the war when his plane was shot down.战争期间他的飞机被击落,他因此丧生。
He was shot down over enemy territory.
They shot down two enemy planes during the raid.
Over half of the planes were shot down during one raid.
Their job was to shoot down enemy aircraft.
He was shot down at night.
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Detonation & bombardment
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shoot something down


phrasal verb with shootverbuk /ʃuːt/ us /ʃuːt/shot | shot
to say no to, or disagree with, an idea or suggestion:
He took the proposal to his boss, who immediately shot it down.
The idea was shot down by Democratic senators.
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piggy in the middle
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quarrel
quibble
says who?idiom
the fur fliesidiom
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Refusing & rejecting

shoot down something/someone | American Dictionary


shoot down something/someone


phrasal verb with shootverbus/ʃut/past tense and past participleshotus/ʃɑt/
to destroy an aircraft or kill a person with guns:
A Navy missile may have shot down the aircraft.
To shoot down an idea or suggestion is to prevent it from being accepted:
A proposal to require high school students to take at least one AP course was shot down by concerned parents.

shoot down | Business English


shoot down


phrasal verb with shootverbuk /ʃuːt/usshot | shot
to become smaller in number or amount very quickly and suddenly:
Profits shot down by 30% in the month following the crisis.

shoot sb/sth down


phrasal verb with shootverbuk /ʃuːt/usshot | shot
informal
to criticize someone's ideas or suggestions and stop them being accepted:
All three proposals were shot down by the Finance Committee.
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