shoot down verbo transitivo con partículaabatir (a tiros) (person); derribar (plane)
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shoot down
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
[+aeroplane] derribar; [+person] matar a tiros; balear; (LAm) [+argument] echar por tierra the senior citizen lobby shot down a proposal to freeze cost of living adjustments the idea of freezing Social Security benefits was shot down as politically unfeasible he does not constantly shoot down alternative views - he gives people a hearing she was able to shoot the rumour down in flames with ample documentary evidence every time I tried to get my point of view over I was shot down his plane was shot down over North Vietnam they shot him down in cold blood to shoot sb down in flames if you shoot s.o. down in flames, you violently refute what they say or do
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