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shoot

/ʃut/ interjection C2
  1. A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or dismay · Didn't you have a concert tonight? —Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready…
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Let what may remain of revolutionary sap exhaust itself and die away with the old trunk, and condescend only to regard the young shoot which has started up at a distance from the parent tree, without having the power, any more than the wish, to separate entirely from the stock from which it sprung.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 45 · C1
Fernand’s mind was made up; he would shoot Dantès, and then kill himself.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 126 · C1
Bingley,” said her mother, “I beg you will come here and shoot as many as you please on Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 315 · B2
Bennet’s means, for his coming next morning to shoot with her husband.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 325 · B2

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