shoot+off
61shoot a line — verb show off • Syn: ↑boast, ↑tout, ↑swash, ↑brag, ↑gas, ↑blow, ↑bluster, ↑vaunt, ↑gasconade • Derivatio …
62shoot from the hip — talk without thinking, run off at the mouth, shoot your mouth off Juan, my friend, if you tell a traffic cop to shove it, you are shooting from the hip …
63shoot your mouth off — talk without thinking, blab, squeal Moe won t shoot his mouth off. He won t tell anybody …
64shoot — [OE] Like sheet, shout, shut, and perhaps skit [15], shoot goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *skeut , *skaut , *skut ‘project’. This formed the basis of a verb *skeutan, which evolved into German schiessen, Dutch schieten,… …
65Shoot Me with Your Love — kicked off a 1995 three single Top 40 run with Shoot Me with Your Love , which was their only 1995 song to reach the Top 10 in the UK, peaking at #7. Follow up singles Party Up The World and The Power(Of All The Love In The World) reached number… …
66shoot one's bolt — verb To use up ones resources, especially a singular one or one not readily restored. We were playing checkers and, although Id started off well, I seemed to have shot my bolt too soon. Syn: shoot ones wad …
67shoot one's mouth off — verb To make reckless or exaggerated statements. George Jessel . . . is still shooting his mouth off as though nothing mattered except his own gift for wise cracks. Syn: mouth off …
68shoot at — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To fire a weapon at] Syn. shoot, fire at, let off, let fly, fire a shot at, fire upon, take a shot at*; see also attack 1 . 2. [*To strive for] Syn. aim, endeavor, strive; see try 1 …
69shoot yourself in the foot — ruin your chances, cut off your nose..., your own worst enemy If you want the job, don t be late for the interview. Don t shoot yourself in the foot …
70shoot one's mouth off — informal talk boastfully or indiscreetly. → shoot …
