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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a hot shot" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to someone who is very skilled or successful, often in a particular field or activity, and can carry a connotation of arrogance or self-importance.
Example: "She’s a hot shot in the tech industry, known for her innovative ideas and leadership skills."
Alternatives: "a big shot" or "a whiz kid".
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I thought I'd be a hot shot, but instead they handed me a broom.
He has resisted becoming a brand name, an ostentatiously humble Grand Old Newsman, or a hot shot around town.
Kink's choice of corporate and production digs was a hot shot of gasoline on the anti-porn fire.
He was removed after giving up a ground-ball single to Shane Victorino in the seventh, a hot shot down the line that Eduardo Nunez failed to field.
Matthews, with just two hits in his first 18 at-bats, smoked a hot shot past third baseman Aramis Ramirez to put the Cubs ahead.
One of the fighter pilots, a hot shot named Kara Thrace (Katee Sackhoff), whose call sign is Starbuck, was engaged to Zak Adama.
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A hot-shot music director may or may not be the answer.
Improbably, he asks his old chum Hodges to defend him, rather than engaging a hot-shot civilian.
Nikolay enlists the help of an old school friend, Dmitriy Vladimir Vdovichenkovv), now a hot-shot lawyer in Moscow.
For instance, the week included a traditional holiday indulgence of lunch for two at a hot-shot restaurant.
Like an aspiring model who is spotted in a drugstore by a hot-shot agent, he'd been plucked from the crowd and thrust directly into the spotlight.
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