shoot down
phrasal verbshoot somebody/something down
- to make somebody/something fall to the ground by shooting them/it
- Several planes were shot down by enemy fire.
- The airliner was shot down near Korea.
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- to be very critical of somebody’s ideas, opinions, etc.
- His latest theory has been shot down in flames.