short shot
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She wore her hair short, shot tigers and was an ace polo player.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2024
Wood missed a short shot but was fouled.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2022
He managed a dunk but then missed a short shot.
From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2020
It’s a short shot, obviously, so the tendency here is to slow the club down through impact in fear of hitting it too far.
From Golf Digest • Feb. 11, 2019
The next shot is fired at a distance midway between the short shot and the long shot, and thus the correct range is found.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France by Parrott, James Edward