shoot sb/sth down

— Phrasal Verb with shoot

/ʃuːt/ verb (shot, shot)

Definition

› informal to criticize someone's ideas or suggestions and stop them being accepted: All three proposals were shot down by the Finance Committee.

(Definition of shoot sb/sth down from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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