shoot down

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as in to dismiss
to reject by or as if by a vote every one of my fund-raising ideas was shot down by the other club members

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Recent Examples on the Web The competing companies tried for a similar $18.5 billion deal in 2002 but were shot down by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for monopoly and antitrust concerns. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024 Eight-year-old Illia Zaremba, whose father died after his helicopter was shot down in Ukraine, gets ready for his turn on a via ferrata. Kyra Kennedy, Outside Online, 29 Sep. 2024 The band have been teasing international dates in the U.S. and recently shot down the rumours of a return to Knebworth House in 2026. Thomas Smith, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2024 Hou Yi, a highly skilled archer, was called up by the Imperial Court to shoot down nine of the ten scorchingly hot suns circling Earth. Michelle Tchea, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shoot down 

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“Shoot down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoot%20down. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.

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