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Definition of shooting match noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shooting match

noun

/ˈʃuːtɪŋ mætʃ/

/ˈʃuːtɪŋ mætʃ/

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an occasion when people or groups fight or attack each other

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Idioms

the whole shooting match

(British English, informal) everything, or a situation which includes everything

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