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some excellent action shots using stroboscopic lighting. 6
injection, inoculation, vaccination: The doctor gave me a flu
shot this morning. 7 drink, jigger, tot, dram, nip, spot,
swallow, Colloq finger, swig, slug, snort: Will you have a shot
of whisky with me, Muldoon? 8 (space) launch or launching: The
moon shot scheduled for today has been postponed owing to
technical difficulties. 9 call the shots. run or direct or
manage or administer or control things or affairs or matters,
run the show, rule the roost, be in command or the driver's
seat: Ravelli calls the shots around here, and don't you forget
it. 10 like a shot. quickly, swiftly, rapidly, speedily,
hurriedly, hastily, at once, like a flash, immediately,
instantly, instantaneously, Colloq in two shakes of a lamb's
tail, like greased lightning, before you can say 'Jack
Robinson': All I had to do was mention ice-cream, and the
children were in here like a shot. 11 (not) by a long shot. no
way, under no circumstances, by no means, on no account, by no
chance, never: You ask if he can get elected and my response
is, 'Not by a long shot'. 12 shot in the arm. boost, stimulus,
encouragement, incentive, inducement, provocation, motivation:
The team needs a shot in the arm to improve morale.
shoulder n. 1 side, edge, verge, margin; breakdown lane: If you have a
flat tyre, drive onto the hard shoulder and phone for help. 2
give (someone) the cold shoulder. rebuff, snub, ostracize, send
(someone) to Coventry, cold-shoulder, put (someone) down,
reject, exclude, freeze (someone) out, shun, avoid, Colloq cut
(dead): After his court case, they gave Nicholas the cold
shoulder at his club. 3 put (one's or the) shoulder to the
wheel. make every effort, make an effort, strive, work hard,
pitch in, apply oneself, roll up one's sleeves, set or get to
work, Colloq knuckle down, buckle down: If we put our shoulders
to the wheel, we ought to be able to get our candidate elected.
4 rub shoulders (with). associate (with), hobnob (with),
socialize (with), consort (with), mix (with), fraternize (with),
keep company (with): Once in a while, she condescends to come
down and rub shoulders with the common people. 5 shoulder to
shoulder. side by side, united, as one, cooperatively, jointly,
arm in arm, hand in hand, in partnership: If we fight shoulder
to shoulder, we can defeat this menace and regain our freedom. 6
straight from the shoulder. directly, straightforwardly,
candidly, frankly, honestly, openly, unabashedly, unashamedly,
unambiguously, unequivocally, plainly, bluntly, man to man,