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Synonyms for shot

a shot in the dark

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by a long shot: by any means

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call the shots

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have a shot

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like a shot

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long shot

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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for shot

a trying to do or make something

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a brief trial

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a favorable or advantageous combination of circumstances

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a small amount of liquor

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Synonyms for shot

(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand

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a chance to do something

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a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)

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a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film

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the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe

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a small drink of liquor

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an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

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an estimate based on little or no information

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an informal photograph

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sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put

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an explosive charge used in blasting

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a blow hard enough to cause injury

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informal words for any attempt or effort

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the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination

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varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

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``Thou canst not mend that shot, Locksley,'' said the Prince, with an insulting smile.
``And now,'' said Locksley, ``I will crave your Grace's permission to plant such a mark as is used in the North Country; and welcome every brave yeoman who shall try a shot at it to win a smile from the bonny lass he loves best.''
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"And I can call to mind," remarked Johnston, "that when the great cog `Christopher,' which the French had taken from us, was moored two hundred paces from the shore, two archers, little Robin Withstaff and Elias Baddlesmere, in four shots each cut every strand of her hempen anchor-cord, so that she well-nigh came upon the rocks."
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"Somebody has been peppering this thing with shot, after all, and quite lately, too.
Sir Howard again slapped his host on the shoulder, shoving him playfully forward to take the first shot. The shoulder and arm he touched seemed unnaturally stiff and angular.
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Thomas Redruth, owner's servant, landsman, shot by the mutineers; James Hawkins, cabin-boy--
The four shots came in rather a scattering volley, but they did the business: one of the enemy actually fell, and the rest, without hesitation, turned and plunged into the trees.
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A solid shot of 108 inches would weigh more than 200,000 pounds, a weight evidently far too great.
"That would be too much," replied Barbicane; "for you will observe that the question is not that of a shot intended to pierce an iron plate; it will suffice to give it sides strong enough to resist the pressure of the gas.
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“First let us determine the question of right to the satisfaction of us both,” said the youth firmly but respect fully, and with a pronunciation and language vastly superior to his appearance: “with how many shot did you load your gun?”
But I buy your deer—here, this bill will pay thee, both for thy shot and my own.”
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Has a scar on his right hand; his thumb and forefinger being injured by being shot last fall.
Has holes in his ears, a scar on the right side of his forehead, has been shot in the hind part of his legs, and is marked on the back with the whip.'
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Taking a handful of dry grass, I threw it into the air to see how the wind was; for if once they winded us I knew they would be off before we could get a shot. Finding that, if anything, it blew from the elephants to us, we crept on stealthily, and thanks to the cover managed to get within forty yards or so of the great brutes.
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"Aha!" cried he, "mend thou that if thou canst"; while even the yeomen clapped their hands at so fair a shot.
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