like a shot

Meaning

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   very quickly and without hesitating

   Back I went on the active list like a shot.

   So you thought you could take right off like a shot, did you?

In the movies · 5

• Did you sleep well Like a shot badgerThe Favourite2018
• Back I went on the active list like a shot.The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
• So you thought you could take right off like a shot, did you?The Sword in the Stone1963
• Sounds like a long shot.Scary Movie 32003
• Yes, the time had now come to take off like a shot.The Grinch2018
• Like a shot at the title?Lethal Weapon1987
• Nah, riding around in the sleigh is like a shot of novocaine in the old butt cheek sometimes.The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two2020
• I mean, it's just like a one-shot deal.Midnight in Paris2011

Learn it in full scenes

• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
  • War Starts at Midnight
  • The Home Guard Exercise Turns Real
  • General Wynne-Candy Is Taken Prisoner
• The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two2020
  • Belsnickel Reveals Himself
  • Kate Grumbles Through a Beach Christmas
  • Kate Sees Through the Bribe

From the same entry

• a shot across the bows
• a shot in the arm
• a big noise
• call the shots
• a shot in the dark
• a long shot
• not by a long chalk
• parting shot
• be shot of
• shot through with
• have shot your bolt
• be like shooting fish in a barrel