Pour and Shoot

Pour

Pour verb - To cause to flow in a stream.

Shoot and pour are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shoot" instead a verb "Pour".

Nearby Words: poured, pouring

Shoot

Shoot verb - To throw or give off.
Usage example: suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks

Pour and shoot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pour" instead a verb "Shoot".

Nearby Words: shooting, shooter, shooed

Common collocations

fire pour fire shoot fire
stuff pour stuff shoot stuff
money pour money shoot money
acid pour acid shoot acid
Other words: bullets.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Braveheart First they pour boiling tar on the attackers and then they shoot Arrows on Fire at them.
  • Post-Modern Magik They don't have any hot tallow to pour down its throat, so they shoot it in the chest with a flare gun.
  • Video Game / Far Cry 3 If they do spot you, they'll pour suppressing fire at you that makes it very hard to shoot back until you withdraw.
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