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English Idioms :: shoo away
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shoo.html - {v. phr.} To frighten or chase away. * /When the children gathered around the new sports car, we shooed them away./ |
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English Idioms :: shoo-in
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shoo.html - {n.}, {informal} Someone or something that is expected to win; a favorite; sure winner. * /Chris is a shoo-in to win a scholarship./ * /Do you think he will win the election? He's a shoo-in./ * /This horse is a shoo-in. He can't miss winning./ Syn.: SURE THING(1). |
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English Idioms :: shook up
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shoo.html - {adj.}, {slang} In a state of great emotional upheaval; disturbed; agitated. * /What are you so shook up about?/ |
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English Idioms :: shoot off one's face
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shoo.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To give opinions without knowing all the facts; talk as if you know everything. * /Tom has never been to Florida, but he's always shooting his mouth off about how superior Florida is to California./ * /I want to study the problem before I shoot off my face./ * /The editor of the newspaper is always shooting his mouth off about the trouble in Africa./ |
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English Idioms :: shoot questions at
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shoo.html - {v. phr.} To interrogate rapidly and vigorously. * /The attorney for the prosecution shot one question after another at the nervous witness./ |
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English Idioms :: shoot a line
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shoo.html - See: DROP A LINE. |
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