backshoot

verb

backshoot

verb

Etymology From back + shoot.

1

To shoot in the back.

  • "And there are enough witnesses who know that you and your friend tried to backshoot me," Evan said.2008, Robert J. Randisi, Texas Iron, →ISBN, page 31:
  • I can take anybody head-on in Anchor or Flux, but I don't want to get backshot by some jerk I can't even see while walking down an alley or across a street.2013, Jack L. Chalker, Empires of Flux and Anchor, →ISBN:
1 more example
  • He is brave and steady under pressure when he is called out, but when someone tries to backshoot him, Maddox becomes paranoid and violent.2013, Bob Herzberg, Hang 'Em High, →ISBN, page 190:
Derived terms
backshooter

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