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Phrasal verbs starting with "shoot"

8 phrasal verbs use this verb

shoot around
B1

To practice shooting basketballs casually, or to move/spread rapidly in different directions

shoot back
B1

To fire back at an attacker, or to reply quickly and sharply

shoot down
B1

To bring down an aircraft with gunfire, or to decisively reject an idea or proposal

shoot it out
B2

To settle a dispute or competition by gunfire or by an intense decisive contest

shoot off
B1

To leave very quickly, or to fire a weapon/firework

shoot out
B1

To emerge suddenly and rapidly from somewhere, or to extend outward quickly

shoot through
B2

To pass through something rapidly, or (Australian/NZ slang) to leave quickly

shoot up
B1

To grow or rise very rapidly, to attack a place with gunfire, or (slang) to inject drugs