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单词 shoot that hat
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shoot that hat
j. To discard, get rid of; originally in shoot that hat, etc., as a mild imprecation. Also to shoot trouble = trouble-shoot vb. at trouble-shooter n. Derivatives slang (originally U.S.).
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > do without or get rid of
to set awayc1430
to throw off1551
to dispense with1576
to down with1581
to fling off1587
to fob offa1616
shoot1877
the world > action or operation > amending > provide a remedy [verb (intransitive)] > put problems right
trouble-shoot1938
to shoot trouble1965
1877 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) 586 One lady..with derisive scorn..observed in the language of the day, ‘Oh, shoot that hat!’.. The slang the gang is using now, You'll hear from every lip; It's shoot the hat! and get it boiled; And don't you lose your grip.
1884 J. Hay Bread-winners xvi. 249 If I had all the cash he takes in to-night, I'd buy an island and shoot the machine business.
1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VI. i. 188/1 Shoot that (hat, man—anything)!..a mild imprecation, ‘Bother!’
1928 Sunday Express 18 Mar. 9/2 ‘Tell him to shoot that song-and-dance outfit’.., and jump into some plain overalls.
1965 ‘W. Haggard’ Hard Sell xiv. 154 When there was trouble..then Murco Monti shot it. Political trouble especially.
1980 P. Harcourt Tomorrow's Treason i. v. 72 I want you to shoot trouble for me till the conference is over.
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