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SHOOT A LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shoot a line mean?
• SHOOT A LINE (verb)
The verb SHOOT A LINE has 1 sense:
1. show off
Familiarity information: SHOOT A LINE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Show off
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt
Hypernyms (to "shoot a line" is one way to...):
amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot a line"):
puff (speak in a blustering or scornful manner)
crow; gloat; triumph (dwell on with satisfaction)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody
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