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Definition of shoot-out noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shoot-out

noun
 
/ˈʃuːt aʊt/
 
/ˈʃuːt aʊt/
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  1. a fight that is fought with guns until one side is killed or defeated
    • He was killed in a shoot-out in a Chicago hotel room.
    • The three-day siege began in a bloody shoot-out on Sunday morning.
    see also penalty shoot-out
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryShoot-out is used after these nouns:
    • penalty
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