shoot down

Meaning

1. 1

   shoot sb / sth down

   to make sb / sth fall to the ground by shooting them / it

   Several planes were shot down by enemy fire.

2. 2

   shoot sb / sth down

   to be very critical of sb's ideas, opinions, etc.

   His latest theory has been shot down in flames.

In the movies · 23

• No shoot-down authority at this time.United 932006
• Shoot it down.Con Air1997
• Hey, think we could use that rocket to shoot down the pillar?Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011
• You'd shoot me down, and...Isn't It Romantic2019
• Brothers, it's the Autobots! Shoot them down!Transformers: Age of Extinction2014
• He'll shoot us down the moment he has the diamonds.The Three Musketeers2011
• He gave enemy aircraft time to shoot him down.Top Gun: Maverick2022
• Why you shooting down my game Let a playa playTwilight2008

Learn it in full scenes

• United 932006
  • Passengers Board United 93
  • The FAA Morning Briefing
  • A Controller Reports a Possible Hijack

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• be shot of
• have shot your bolt
• be like shooting fish in a barrel
• shoot the breeze
• shoot from the hip
• shoot yourself in the foot
• shoot it out
• shoot the messenger
• shoot your mouth off
• shoot the rapids
• shoot for
• shoot off