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like a shot
Idioms and Phrases
Very rapidly, as in When they asked for volunteers, he raised his hand like a shot . This expression alludes to the rapidity of gunfire. [ Colloquial ; late 1800s]Example Sentences
It didn鈥檛 seem like a shot at all, it appeared to be simply one of those freaky basketball knee injuries that just happens.
But I would definitely like a shot to get in there and shoot at his chin, you know?鈥
鈥淭oday, former President Trump鈥檚 attorneys finished their cross-examination of Stormy Daniels, and they accused her of lying and hawking merchandise for personal gain. Trump was like, 鈥楾his also feels like a shot at me, too.鈥欌
Its lawsuit, then, looks like a shot across the NLRB鈥檚 bow.
鈥淭here鈥檚 this crane shot 鈥 it鈥檚 like a shot in 鈥楪one With the Wind.鈥
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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