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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are shot down" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where an idea, proposal, or argument is rejected or dismissed.
Example: "Despite the team's enthusiasm, their suggestions for the new project were shot down during the meeting."
Alternatives: "are rejected" or "are dismissed".
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Questions are shot down.
And if they are shot down, no one dies.
Spaceships that ferry illegal immigrants to Elysium are shot down.
They attack things like Bikeability training for kids; all soft measures are shot down.
Two 17-year-old Goths are shot down by an ex-army guy".
Any doubts about whether our sex culture hurts women are shot down by the reality Walter details.
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She, too, was shot down.
They could be shot down.
Mercifully, they were shot down.
And it was shot down?
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