shoot through
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, through.
Example Sentences
- "‘If I haven't got that money this evening I'll have to shoot through.’"
- "He did not mind the new store, but when some stirrer said that there was a motel coming, he shot through to find a better hole further inland, muttering that 'the place is getting as big as one of them southern city places!’"
- "He shoots through to Australia, and I'm left with the kid."
- "But on learning it was twins he shot through to Queensland into – I later discovered – the waiting arms of his lover."
- "What Father Nelson must have made of our all-too-candid (and slightly embellished) responses is anybody's guess, but it wasn't long before he shot through to New Guinea to work as a missionary with the kind of tribesmen who wear penis gourds."
- "Play your didgeridoo, Blue / Play your didgeridoo / Ah, like, keep playin' 'til I shoot through, Blue / Play your didgeridoo"