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shoot down
Synonyms and Antonyms of shoot down
- an aging activist who is routinely shot down in most quarters of the media
bad-mouth, belittle, decry, disparage, pooh-pooh (also pooh), put down
jive, josh, kid, quiz, razz, rib, ride, tease, tweak, twit
bait, bug, catcall, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, needle, pester, rag, target, taunt, torment
ape, burlesque, caricature, imitate, lampoon, mimic, parody, parrot, pillory, satirize, take off (on), travesty
make fun of, make sport of, poke fun at, rag on
- Every one of my fund-raising ideas was shot down by the other club members.
- The results of several studies shoot down the hypothesis that coffee causes heart attacks.
give the lie to
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