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Definition of shoot down phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

shoot down

phrasal verb

Phrasal Verbs

1to make someone or something fall to the ground by shooting them/it Several planes were shot down by enemy fire.

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2to be very critical of someone's ideas, opinions, etc. His latest theory was shot down in flames.

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