shoot trouble

English

Etymology

Like troubleshoot (verb) and troubleshooting (noun), a back-formation from troubleshooter.

Verb

shoot trouble (third-person singular simple present shoots trouble, present participle shooting trouble, simple past and past participle shot trouble)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of troubleshoot (verb).

Usage notes

Well attested in the 1910s to 1930s. Eventually completely replaced in current idiom by troubleshoot (verb) and thus rendered archaic.

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