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
Modestamo-DHE-stah (Spanish)Spanish, Late Roman
Samo-Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Gafar-Arabic
KimberlynKIM-bər-linEnglish (Rare)
Anzor-Georgian, Chechen
Malvina-Scottish, English, Literature