shoot it out
idiom
: to shoot guns at someone during a fight until one side is killed or defeated
The two gangs shot it out in the street.
—often + withThe escaped convict shot it out with the police.
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After a neighboring farmer used a plane for crop dusting, men at Chen’s farm threatened to shoot it out of the sky, Hawk said in an interview.
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Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
In the book, Raymond Cruz is itching for an excuse to shoot it out with Mansell, and Raylan was like that a lot on the old show.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2023
The Chinese spy balloon might be down, but the diplomatic temperature continued to rise Sunday as officials in Beijing blasted the U.S. decision to shoot it out of the sky.
—Leila Sackur, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2023
Those reasons are the pair of turbines located behind the EV’s cockpit that suck air from beneath the car and shoot it out the rear.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2022
The fastest nine drivers on Saturday shoot it out for the pole.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 22 May 2021
Old West drifters Jake, Emmett, Mal and Paden shoot it out with a crooked sheriff and clan.
—Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
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Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
In the book, Raymond Cruz is itching for an excuse to shoot it out with Mansell, and Raylan was like that a lot on the old show.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2023
The Chinese spy balloon might be down, but the diplomatic temperature continued to rise Sunday as officials in Beijing blasted the U.S. decision to shoot it out of the sky.
—Leila Sackur, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2023
Those reasons are the pair of turbines located behind the EV’s cockpit that suck air from beneath the car and shoot it out the rear.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2022
The fastest nine drivers on Saturday shoot it out for the pole.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 22 May 2021
Old West drifters Jake, Emmett, Mal and Paden shoot it out with a crooked sheriff and clan.
—Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
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