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LIKE A SHOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does like a shot mean?
• LIKE A SHOT (adverb)
The adverb LIKE A SHOT has 1 sense:
1. without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
Familiarity information: LIKE A SHOT used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
Synonyms:
at once; directly; forthwith; immediately; instantly; like a shot; now; right away; straight off; straightaway
Context example:
Come here now!
Context examples
He was off like a shot and got clean away.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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