shoot holes en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic) Find faults.
Anytime you want to shoot holes in our ideas, don't hesitate to do so.
1952, Hope Angel, Illinois Education - Volume 41, Illinois Education Association, page 124:Many of the works in this exhibition also shoot holes in our conventional assumptions about family portraiture.
2006, Janine Antoni, Shoot the Family, Independent Curators International, →ISBN:One by one, we can shoot holes through possible standards by which the Commission on Qualifications could evaluate nominees for the trial courts.
1960, California. Legislature. Assembly. Interim Committee on Constitutional Amendments, Digest of Testimony, The Committee, page 8:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shoots holes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| shot holes | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shot holes | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| shooting holes | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
nl gat schieten in (Translations) · nl gaten schieten in (Translations)