shoot the lights

shoot the lights

To drive through red traffic lights without stopping. Police first began pursuit of the car after it shot the lights on 5th and Main.
See also: lights, shoot
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

shoot the ˈlights

(informal) go through red traffic lights: In this city people shoot the lights all the time.
See also: lights, shoot
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • flash on someone
  • flash on something
  • shut the lights
  • outen the lights
  • dim up
  • flash off
  • brown out
  • bring to rest
  • bring (something) to rest
  • bring to a standstill
References in periodicals archive
After all these years, Allan Caidic can still shoot the lights out and he shot San Miguel Beer past Alaska, 96-83, in the PBA Legends: Return of the Rivals charity event Sunday before a packed Araneta Coliseum crowd.
Those two shoot the lights out most weeks in Serie A but the national side can still call upon Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and Gonzalo Higuain.
"Unfortunately, we didn't turn out and shoot the lights out.
Against Uruguay, Hendrick didn't exactly shoot the lights out in the central position of a forward three behind lone striker Jon Walters.
Wilson said: "You expect Rory to shoot the lights out every time he tees up but I've got to go out and do my own thing and not let it affect me.
But overnight he trails Dutch leader Joost Luiten by six shots and admitted: "I have got to shoot the lights out of the course in the final round and that's the difficulty.
The third quarter saw a resurgent Mitsubishi Team as Kherman Brynt Duay started to heat up and shoot the lights out, scattering 4-4 from the field with an 8-0 burst.
Having said that, I'm giving the talented colt one more chance to shoot the lights out.
Richard Hunter, head of equities at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers, said: "The numbers certainly fail to shoot the lights out, but there are signs of improvement."
On the bill are SHOOT THE LIGHTS OUT, ROBOT YOUTH, THE FILTH, NO WAY, FUNHOUSE, AMAZING SPACEFROGS and IAN JACKSON.
He has great basketball skills, can absolutely shoot the lights out, and more importantly has great court awareness.
``I started the day thinking I'd have to shoot the lights out to have a chance,'' said the 28-year-old Abergavenny-born golfer.
The appeal of hedge funds is that, although there is no guarantee they'll shoot the lights out, the fact that they are lightly regulated and use sophisticated, if risky, strategies, they can offer the prospect of absolute gains regardless of the of the direction of the markets.
WHILE Galway can't be expected to shoot the lights out every day on the back of their destruction of Tipp, they can't afford to flatter to deceive on the back of it as they have so often in the past.
If there's one thing Marcio Lassiter did to ease the pain of their Game 3 loss to Ginebra, it was shoot the lights out.