walk one's shots

verb

To repeatedly observe the fall of shot of one's weapon and use this data to adjust one's aim until one hits one's target.

Meanings

verbwalk one's shots (third-person singular simple present walks one's shots, present participle walking one's shots, simple past and past participle walked one's shots)

present singular third person walks one's shots · participle present walking one's shots · participle past walked one's shots · past walked one's shots

  1. governmentTo repeatedly observe the fall of shot of one's weapon and use this data to adjust one's aim until one hits one's target.

    "I analyzed their firing patterns when they were walking their shots across the Milky Way. They only hit annie plants whose precise positions could be predicted at least twenty seconds in advance."

    2019 July 17, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2023
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