shoot sb/sth down
— Phrasal Verb with shoot /ʃuːt/ verb (past tense and past participle shot)Definition
› to destroy an aircraft or make it fall to the ground by firing bullets or weapons at it: The plane was shot down over enemy territory.
(Definition of shoot sb/sth down from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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