Old western movies usually have a scene where some bad guys ride in and shoot up the town.
Some athletes are suspected of shooting up steroids to improve their strength.
Jim was the first one to shoot me up with heroin.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
shoot down (something) — 1. to destroy an aircraft or weapon in the sky by shooting it. In the movie, he pulls out a portable rocket launcher and shoots down the helicopter. If we detect an incoming missile, we must be able to shoot it down. 2. to refuse to accept… … New idioms dictionary
shoot for something — shoot for (something) to try to achieve something. Tennessee s women s basketball team is shooting for another season of straight victories … New idioms dictionary
shoot for something — ˈshoot for sth derived (NAmE, informal) to try to achieve or get sth, especially sth difficult • We ve been shooting for a pay raise for months. Main entry: ↑shootderived … Useful english dictionary
shoot someone/something up — 1) cause great damage to something by shooting; kill or wound someone by shooting the police shot up our building 2) (also shoot up) informal inject a narcotic drug; inject someone with a narcotic drug she went home and shot up alone in her room… … Useful english dictionary
shoot someone/something down — kill or wound someone by shooting them, esp. in a ruthless way troops shot down 28 demonstrators ■ bring down an aircraft, missile, or pilot by shooting at it ■ figurative crush someone or their opinions by forceful criticism or argument she… … Useful english dictionary
shoot — [ʆuːt] verb shot PTandPP [ʆɒt ǁ ʆɑːt] [intransitive] to quickly increase in number or amount: shoot above/from/to • Oil prices shot above $40 a barrel. • The monthly interest rate shot to 10% in January. shoot ahead phrasa … Financial and business terms
shoot for — (something) to try to achieve something. Tennessee s women s basketball team is shooting for another season of straight victories … New idioms dictionary
shoot — shoot1 W2S2 [ʃu:t] v past tense and past participle shot [ʃɔt US ʃa:t] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(kill/injure)¦ 2¦(fire a gun etc)¦ 3¦(birds/animals)¦ 4¦(move quickly)¦ 5¦(try to score)¦ 6¦(look at somebody)¦ 7¦(photograph/film)¦ 8¦(pain)¦ 9 … Dictionary of contemporary English
shoot — shoot1 [ ʃut ] (past tense and past participle shot [ ʃat ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 fire gun ▸ 2 in sports ▸ 3 move suddenly & quickly ▸ 4 take photographs etc. ▸ 5 put drug in body ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive to fire a gun: We were… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
shoot — 1 /Su:t/ verb past tense and past participle shot /St/ GUNS/WEAPONS 1 KILL/INJURE (T) to deliberately kill or injure someone using a gun: Lincoln was shot while watching a play in Ford s Theater. | shoot sb in the leg/head etc: He had been shot… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
