Idioms


The language peculiar to a people or to a district, community, or class


Idiom:
shoot up (someone or something)

Meaning:
to shoot at someone or something recklessly

Example:
In many western movies the outlaws come into town and shoot up everything.


List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements or in its grammatically atypical use of words.
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