单词 | to shoot one's way |
释义 | > as lemmasto shoot one's way b. transitive. To go over (a piece of country) shooting game. to shoot one's way: to shoot game as one goes along. to be shot out: of a district, to have its supply of game exhausted through overshooting. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot game [verb (transitive)] > shoot over an area shoot1833 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting area > [verb (passive)] > exhaust supply of game to be shot out1900 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. vi. 107 As the [shooting-] party at Colonel Bradfield's were shooting their way home. 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone vi We shoot an outlying cover after luncheon. 1865 Earl of Malmesbury Mem. Ex-Minister (1884) II. 333 We shot the park, and the Miss Jolliffes accompanied us. 1900 I. Savory Sportswoman in India 234 Gaggai was a sportsman's paradise, but it has been shot out. 1903 M. G. Gerard Leaves from Diaries v. 107 I shot my way through the Bheel country, from Ahmedabad..to Mhow. < as lemmas |
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