past simple and past participle of shoot

to give a lot of support to something or someone, in a way that risks losing money or something else if they are not successful:

If people jostle for something, they compete with each other in order to get what they want:

If rain or a storm holds off, it does not start immediately.

to pull in a rope or an object on the end of a rope by turning a wheel round and round, or to release something in the same way:

to support or represent a particular idea or set of ideas:

to receive news about someone:

(in sport) to sign a formal agreement saying that you will play for a particular team

to wait for a short time:

to want someone or something very much:

to want someone or something very much:

to treat someone in a gentle way, esp. when you want to be or should be more severe:

to start or develop as the result of something:

to not go onto an area, or to stop someone or something going onto an area:

to continue to demand something, although you have been told you cannot have it:

to feel very strongly that you want and need a particular thing:

to steal something:

to try to stop someone from complaining or asking questions by telling them something that is not true, or giving them an excuse:

to accept one idea or fact as able to exist with something else:

If something interferes with radio or television signals, it stops you from getting good sound or pictures.