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Jooney Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Shoot holes
Hi,
For decades, a small group of scientific dissenters has been trying to shoot holes in the prevailing science of climate change, offering one reason after another why the outlook simply must be wrong.
I couldn't really find the definition of "to shoot holes in something" in any of my dictionaries, but I did find the phrase "punch holes in something( to weaken (an argument, idea, etc.) by proving that parts of it are wrong)". Is this another way of saying "punch holes in something"?
I'd appreciate your answer.
For decades, a small group of scientific dissenters has been trying to shoot holes in the prevailing science of climate change, offering one reason after another why the outlook simply must be wrong.
I couldn't really find the definition of "to shoot holes in something" in any of my dictionaries, but I did find the phrase "punch holes in something( to weaken (an argument, idea, etc.) by proving that parts of it are wrong)". Is this another way of saying "punch holes in something"?
I'd appreciate your answer.
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Hi, shoot holes in find a lot of big errors in This is a common idiom. I have never heard 'punch holes in' used with this meaning. Clive
- Hi, shoot holes in find a lot of big errors in This is a common idiom.
- I have never heard 'punch holes in' used with this meaning.
- Clive
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Hi,
shoot holes in find a lot of big errors in
This is a common idiom. I have never heard 'punch holes in' used with this meaning.
Clive
shoot holes in find a lot of big errors in
This is a common idiom. I have never heard 'punch holes in' used with this meaning.
Clive
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I see. On second thought, I find that "punch holes in" doesn't fit in here. Thank you, Clive.
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