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backshoot

backshoot

English

Verb

backshoot (third-person singular simple present backshoots, present participle backshooting, simple past and past participle backshot)

  1. To shoot in the back.
    • 2008, Robert J. Randisi, Texas Iron, ISBN 0843958006, page 31:
      "And there are enough witnesses who know that you and your friend tried to backshoot me," Evan said.
    • 2013, Jack L. Chalker, Empires of Flux and Anchor, ISBN 057510046X:
      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, Bob Herzberg, Hang 'Em High, ISBN 0786468386, page 190:
      He is brave and steady under pressure when he is called out, but when someone tries to backshoot him, Maddox becomes paranoid and violent.