shoot someone or something down



shoot someone or something down

tv. to ruin someone or something; to debunk someone or something. (see also shot down.) Just as I was making the final point, she shot me down with a simple fact I should have remembered.
See also: down, shoot

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Simcha-Hebrew
Pratik-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali
BleddynBLEDH-inWelsh
Thomasina[.tɔmə'si:nə]
DraŽEn-Croatian, Serbian
Yuzukiyoo-zoo-keeJapanese