shoot out
verb1
To destroy something or remove something from its usual location by shooting.
- You'll shoot your eye out!
- The rear window was shot out and there were two bullet holes in the rear seat, where a spent bullet and fragments of another were found.2006, MaryConway Stewart, No Peace, No Justice: Press & Prosecution Create a Poisonous Myth an Intelligent Appraisal of the York "Riot" Trials, Xlibris Corporation, page 37:
2
To completely extirpate (wildlife) from an area by shooting.
- At the time of European settlement I could have got them on the outskirts of Melbourne but these slow-moving creatures apparently taste delicious and were quickly shot out.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 174:
3
To emerge with great speed.
4
To fire from a weapon.