shoot out

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shoot out

vb (tr, adverb)

to fight to the finish by shooting (esp in the phrase shoot it out)

n shoot-out

a conclusive gunfight

Translations

? shoot out

vi (= emerge swiftly) → herausschießen (of aus)

vt sep

(= put out swiftly) hand etc → blitzschnell ausstrecken; tongue etc → hervor- or herausschnellen (lassen); (inf: = eject) → an die Luft setzen (inf), → raussetzen (inf); they were shot out of the car → sie wurden aus dem Auto geschleudert

to shoot it out → sich (dat) → ein (Feuer)gefecht liefern; the cowboys shot it out → die Cowboys machten die Sache mit ihren Colts aus (inf); nobody dared to shoot it out with Bad Jake → keiner wagte es, sich mit Bad Jake zu schießen (inf)

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