Shoot down and Support

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Shoot down verb - To reject by or as if by a vote.

Usage example: every one of my fund-raising ideas was shot down by the other club members

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Support is an antonym for shoot down in topics: discredit, declare null and void, assault verbally.

Support verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

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Shoot down is an antonym for support.

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Support and Shoot down. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/shoot_down/support

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