shoot through

VERB

expedite

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accelerate assist facilitate hasten promote quicken speed urge

STRONG

advance dispatch forward hurry precipitate press railroad rush

WEAK

cut the red tape fast track grease wheels hand-carry hand-walk handle personally run interference run with the ball speed up walk it through

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delay hinder hurt retard slow stop

STRONG

halt hold keep wait

WEAK

block cease check

Example Sentences

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Taking a step back, I was able to shoot through the ceiling rafters.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025

After he landed, Diaz felt pain shoot through his foot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025

But one structural engineer told me that the greater risk in most facilities is horizontal, not vertical—not that a vehicle would fall through the floor, but that it would shoot through a barrier.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025

Monika Mitchell was the director for one of them, and she did a location shoot through my house.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2024

Only for brief moments did the fear shoot through me that an idea this good could be wrong.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

shoot through

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