shoot out

shoot out
{v.} 1. To fight with guns until one person or side is wounded or killed; settle a fight by shooting. - Used with "it". * /The cornered bank robbers decided to shoot it out with the police./ * /The moment she opened the door, the cat shot out and ran around the house./ * /During the last half-minute of the race, Dick shot out in front of the other runners./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • shoot-out — shoot outs 1) N COUNT A shoot out is a fight in which people shoot at each other with guns. Three IRA men were killed in the shoot out. ...a bloody shoot out between rival gangs that killed 18 people. 2) N COUNT In games such as soccer, a shoot… …   English dictionary

  • Shoot-out — auch: Shoot|out 〈[ʃu:taʊt] n. 15 oder m. 6〉 1. 〈Sp.〉 Spielentscheidung eines unentschieden beendeten Wettkampfes durch zusätzliches Toreschießen, z. B. beim Penalty u. Elfmeterschießen 2. 〈bes. Film; TV〉 abschließende Schießerei, entscheidender… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • shoot-out — n a fight using guns ▪ Two people were killed tonight in a shoot out with police. →↑penalty shoot out …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Shoot-out — 〈[ʃu:taʊt] n. od. m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 1. 〈Sport〉 Spielentscheidung eines unentschieden beendeten Wettkampfes durch zusätzliches Toreschießen, z. B. beim Penalty u. Elfmeterschießen; ein durch Shoot out erzielter Finalsieg 2. 〈bes. Film; TV〉… …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • shoot-out — shoot ,out noun count 1. ) a fight using guns 2. ) a PENALTY SHOOT OUT …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • shoot-out — ► NOUN 1) informal a decisive gun battle. 2) Soccer a tie breaker decided by each side taking a specified number of penalty kicks …   English terms dictionary

  • shoot-out — 1. n. a gunfight. □ There was a big shoot out at the end of the movie. □ In this shoot out, there were no survivors not even a horse! 2. n. an argument. □ When the shoot out was over, the boss confident she had won went back into her office …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • shoot-out — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms shoot out : singular shoot out plural shoot outs 1) a fight using guns 2) a penalty shoot out …   English dictionary

  • shoot-out — I. (sports) taking shots at each goal to determine the winner    Sweden won the gold medal by defeating Canada in a shoot out. II. a gunbattle, a duel    Two men died in the shoot out: one cop and one robber …   English idioms

  • shoot-out — noun Date: 1948 1. a battle fought with handguns or rifles 2. something resembling a shoot out; broadly showdown 3. a shooting competition in overtime that is used to determine the winner of a game (as in soccer or hockey) tied at the end of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • shoot-out — noun Shoot out is used after these nouns: ↑penalty …   Collocations dictionary

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