shoot it out

verb

To fight it out with the use of firearms.

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Meanings

verbshoot it out (third-person singular simple present shoots it out, present participle shooting it out, simple past and past participle shot it out)

present singular third person shoots it out · participle present shooting it out · participle past shot it out · past shot it out

  1. To fight it out with the use of firearms.

    He would try and catch the Citroën and shoot it out with them and if she got shot in the process, that was too bad too.

    1953, Ian Fleming, “Black Hare and Grey Hound”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 105
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APA

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Chicago

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