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View synonyms for shooting match
shooting match
[ shoo-ting shoot-n, shoo-ting ]
noun
- a contest in marksmanship.
- Informal.
- a number of persons or things collectively.
- everything involved with a particular matter:
He decided to sell the whole shooting match—his house, furniture, and car.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shooting match1
First recorded in 1740–50
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Example Sentences
There is my old home, where I lived when little with my grandfather; and the shooting-match is at Interlaken!
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I looked every day to see Mr. Norcross pitch the whole shooting-match into the fire and quit, cold.
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In the daytime the young men ran races, played games, and had a shooting match.
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A few hours after the fatal shooting-match, Bartja had followed Croesus' advice and had gone off to Sais with his young wife.
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Whole shooting-match keen for service—no slackers and no greenhorns in that crowd.
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