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How to pronounce shoot a line in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, swash, tout, vaunt
Type of amplify, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate, exaggerate, hyperbolise
Has types crow, puff, gloat, triumph

Examples of shoot a line

shoot a line
In any other setting that might be a throw-away line from a shoot-em-up movie.
From the cnn.com
We shoot in a line out of the yard gate, take a sharp right and fly along the snowy track.
From the guardian.co.uk
Memphis famously did not shoot a high percentage from the free-throw line, either.
From the kentucky.com
The Charlotte Bobcats shoot a disgusting 69 percent from the free-throw line.
From the denverpost.com
Listed at 6-foot-2, Walton has a smooth shot and can shoot beyond the 3-point line.
From the thenewstribune.com
Well, if you've got your AARP card on you, I think you should be allowed to shoot from a line that's two or three feet closer to the basket.
From the statesman.com
Then, suddenly feeling no gravity, Earth would shoot off into space in a straight line.
From the newscientist.com
Defenders set up small piles of marbles that attackers would shoot at from behind a line a few feet away.
From the time.com
One mom said she paid $5 to enter her son in the contest, from which the winner was supposed to receive a photo shoot for a clothing line and a paid trip to Miami.
From the sacbee.com