shoot holes in

Example Sentences

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“Being a public defender, all you do is go in and shoot holes in the wall,” Reisig said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2021

There’s a lot not to like here, and it will be pretty easy to shoot holes in the agreement.

From Washington Times • Mar. 2, 2015

“Over half the police officers in the country are only required to go down once or twice a year and shoot holes in a paper target,” he says.

From Time • Jan. 17, 2013

Niki de Saint Phalle used a gun to shoot holes in paint-filled balloons stuck to lumpy canvases.

From The Guardian • Nov. 12, 2012

"It don't never pay to shoot holes in Uncle Sam."

From Bob Hampton of Placer by Parrish, Randall