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shoot something/someone down in flames
idiom informal
to refuse to accept someone's suggestion or idea and not consider it at all: 断然拒绝，否定（某人的建议或想法）
He proceeded to shoot their argument down in flames.
She seemed to have been waiting for the moment to shoot me down in flames.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Refusing & rejecting
abjuration
abjure
abnegate
abnegation
bar
bat something/someone away
decline
disavow
gainsay
oppositional
opt
opt out
pass on
pass something up
punt on something
rebel
refuse
sb wouldn't touch something/someone with a bargepole/barge poleidiom
tear
would not do something for all the tea in Chinaidiom
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