English

Verb

shoot down ‎(third-person singular simple present shoots down, present participle shooting down, simple past and past participle shot down)

1. (transitive) To cause to fall by shooting.

   The carnival game involved shooting down tin cans.‎

2. (transitive, idiomatic) To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion.

   Every proposal I made was shot down at once.‎

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