shoot out

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shoot something out

1. to stick, throw, or thrust something outward. The diamond shot bright shafts of light out when the sun fell on it. The little girl shot out her tongue at the teacher.

2. to settle a matter by the use of guns. Bill and the cowboy—with whom he had been arguing—went out in the street and shot it out.

See also: out, shoot

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