to kill someone with a gun
to refuse even to consider something such as an idea or a plan
to shoot an enemy aircraft out of the sky
Each proposal was shot down in flames.
He could do it at gunpoint and shoot down anyone who got in his way.
He had been walking down the street on his way to a club when he was shot down.
The airliner was shot down by mistake.
They come one at a time; no Field, they're easy to shoot down.
`He wasn't very efficient, trying to shoot down Mr O'Brien in front of a crowd of witnesses, including a police inspector.
`In your view it's okay for the Salvadorian air force to bomb the guerrillas but not for the guerrillas to shoot down the planes.
shoots down
shooting down
shot down
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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