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like a shot
Very rapidly, as in When they asked for volunteers, he raised his hand like a shot. This expression alludes to the rapidity of gunfire. [Colloquial; late 1800s]
Example Sentences
It didn’t seem like a shot at all, it appeared to be simply one of those freaky basketball knee injuries that just happens.
But I would definitely like a shot to get in there and shoot at his chin, you know?”
“Today, former President Trump’s attorneys finished their cross-examination of Stormy Daniels, and they accused her of lying and hawking merchandise for personal gain. Trump was like, ‘This also feels like a shot at me, too.’”
Its lawsuit, then, looks like a shot across the NLRB’s bow.
“There’s this crane shot — it’s like a shot in ‘Gone With the Wind.’
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