shoot+off
71shoot your mouth off — informal to annoy people by talking too much about how good you are They ve been shooting their mouths off about how they re going to beat us …
72shoot the bull — vb to chat inconsequentially ► They were just standing around shooting the breeze when it all went off. (Recorded, US student, Palo Alto, Octo ber 2003) …
73shoot the breeze/bull — vb to chat inconsequentially ► They were just standing around shooting the breeze when it all went off. (Recorded, US student, Palo Alto, Octo ber 2003) …
74shoot a line — boast, show off …
75shoot up in the air — take off into the air …
76shoot with a silver gun — obsolete to be unable to provide meat by hunting In those far off days when a gentleman was supposed to keep the household supplied with fresh game birds in season by shooting them, and a lady was content to pluck, draw, hang, and cook… …
77shoot hoops — to play the game of basketball. Sometimes we stopped off at the gym after school and shot some hoops …
78shoot — I. v. a. 1. Let fly, propel. 2. Fire, discharge, let off. 3. Propel, expel, discharge, send forth. 4. Hit or kill by a missile. 5. Protrude, dart forth, thrust forward. 6. Streak, variegate, dot. 7. Extend, put forth, th …
79sound off — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. brag, shout, shoot off one s mouth*; see boast 1 , say , yell …
80spout off — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. brag, chatter, shoot off one s mouth*; see boast , talk 1 , yell …