shoot through
shoot through · shoots through · shot through · shooting through
To leave, to disappearTo leave, to disappear.
» A shooting star dashed through the sky.
Падающая звезда пронеслась через небосвод.
Meaning
3 senses(Australia, New Zealand, informal)To leave, to disappear.
(Australia, New Zealand, informal)To die.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, through.
A mostly novelized story shot through with some factual names and dates.
Examples
3 sentencesA shooting star dashed through the sky.
ruПадающая звезда пронеслась через небосвод.
I'm the human cannonball that they're going to shoot through space.
Every time I look at him, my heart plummets and memories that I never lived shoot through my mind.
Forms
shoots through, shooting through, shot through, shot through| Base form | shoot through · to shoot through |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | shoots through |
| Present participle | shooting through |
| Past simple | shot through |
| Past participle | shot through |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- shoot offстріляти, вистрілитиTo leave quickly.
- shoot downзбити, збиватиTo cause to fall by shooting.
- shoot upTo grow taller or larger rapidly.
- shoot outTo destroy something or remove something from its usual location by shooting.
- shoot backUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, back.
- shoot aroundTo record footage in the absence of (one of the actors), with the intention of editing in their sequences at a later stage.
- shoot throughTo leave, to disappear.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb