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[shoo-in]{n.}, {informal} Someone or something that is expected to win; a favorite; sure winner. •/Chris is a shoo-in to win a scholarship./ •/Do you think he will win the election? He’s a shoo-in./ •/This horse is a shoo-in. He can’t miss winning./ Syn.: SURE THING(1).

[shoot ahead of] or [past] or [through] or [alongside of] {v. phr.} To move or drive ahead rapidly. •/As we had to slow down before the tunnel, a red sports car shot ahead of us./

[shoot a line] See: DROP A LINE.

[shoot from the hip]{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To fire a gun held at the hip without aiming by aligning the barrel with one’s eye. •/In many Western movies the heroic sheriff defeats the villains by shooting from the hip./ 2. To speak sincerely, frankly, and without subterfuge. •/"What kind of an administrator will Mr. Brown be?" the head of the search committee asked. "He shoots straight from the hip," he was assured./

[shoot off one’s mouth] or [shoot off one’s face] {v. phr.}, {slang} To give opinions without knowing all the facts; talk as if you know everything. •/Tom has never been to Florida, but he’s always shooting his mouth off about how superior Florida is to California./ •/I want to study the problem before I shoot off my face./ •/The editor of the newspaper is always shooting his mouth off about the trouble in Africa./

[shoot one’s wad]{v. phr.}{slang}, {colloquial} 1. To spend all of one’s money. •/We’ve shot our wad for the summer and can’t buy any new garden furniture./ 2. To say everything that is on one’s mind. •/Joe feels a lot better now that he’s shot his wad at the meeting./

[shoot out]{v.} 1. To fight with guns until one person or side is wounded or killed; settle a fight by shooting. — Used with "it". •/The cornered bank robbers decided to shoot it out with the police./ •/The moment she opened the door, the cat shot out and ran around the house./ •/During the last half-minute of the race, Dick shot out in front of the other runners./

[shoot questions at]{v. phr.} To interrogate rapidly and vigorously. •/The attorney for the prosecution shot one question after another at the nervous witness./

[shoot straight] or [shoot square] {v.}, {informal} To act fairly; deal honestly. •/You can trust that salesman; he shoots straight with his customers./ •/We get along well because we always shoot square with each other./ — [straight shooter] or [square shooter] {n.}, {informal} /Bill is a square-shooter./ — [straight-shooting] {adj.} •/The boys all liked the straight-shooting coach./

[shoot the breeze] or [bat the breeze] or [fan the breeze] or [shoot the bull] {v. phr.}, {slang} To talk. •/Jim shot the breeze with his neighbor while the children were playing./ •/Come into the kitchen and we’ll bat the breeze over a cup of coffee./ •/The women were shooting the breeze about Jim’s latest trouble with the police./ •/The fishermen were shooting the bull about the school of sail fish they had seen./