shotgun

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shotgun definition


  1. mod.
    broad; general. : A shotgun approach to a problem like this is useless. You must get specific.
  2. exclam.
    a phrase called out by someone who claims the privilege of riding in a car's passenger seat. (Usually Shotgun!) : Whoever yelled “shotgun” has to sit holding the cake all the way.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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shotgun

In addition to the idiom beginning with shotgun, also see ride shotgun.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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