shot

be shot

1. To be physically, mentally, or emotionally exhausted. After two hours in the gym and another hour swimming, I was shot by the time I got home. I'm already pretty shot from writing essays, and I still have another one to write for tomorrow.
2. To be in a bad condition or totally destroyed. I wish I could have the repairs finished sooner, but I'm afraid your engine's shot. Between dealing with mounting debt, my four children, and my recent divorce, my nerves are pretty shot at the moment.
3. To be filmed. The surprise independent hit was shot on a budget of less than $100,000.
4. Of resources, money, etc., to be wasted, spent, or used up. I can't believe my entire budget for a week in Las Vegas was shot in the first day!
See also: shot
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

shot

1. n. a try at something. Go ahead. Give it another shot.
2. mod. exhausted; ruined. Here’s your pen back. It’s shot anyway.
3. n. a rocket launching. The shot was canceled because of the weather.
4. n. a small or quickly drunk drink of liquor, usually whiskey. He stopped at every bar on the strip for a quick shot.
5. n. an injection of drugs. Just one shot of that stuff and you’re hooked for life.
6. mod. alcohol intoxicated. They are a little noisy, I guess, but after all they are shot—you know, plastered.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (all) shot to hell
  • (one's) best shot
  • (one's) nerves are shot
  • a big shot
  • a bird's eye shot
  • a cheap shot
  • a long shot
  • a parting shot
  • a shot across somebody's bows
  • a shot across the bows
  • a shot at (someone or something)
  • a shot in the arm
  • a shot in the dark
  • a shot in the locker
  • a shot/stab in the dark
  • a warning shot across the bows
  • be (all) shot to hell
  • be a long shot
  • be shot
  • be shot down in flames
  • be shot of (someone or something)
  • be shot to hell
  • be shot to pieces
  • be/get shot of somebody/something
  • big cheese
  • big shot
  • bloodshot eyes
  • by a long shot
  • call (all) the shots
  • call (one's) shots
  • call all the shots
  • call shotgun
  • call the shots
  • call the shots/the tune
  • cheap shot
  • chip shot
  • do a shot
  • fire a shot across the bow
  • get shot of
  • get shot of (someone or something)
  • get shot of someone/something
  • give (one) a shot at (someone or something)
  • give (something) (one's) best shot
  • give a try
  • give best shot
  • give it (one's) best shot
  • give it a shot
  • give it one's best shot
  • give it one's best shot, to
  • give it your best shot
  • give something your best shot
  • grape shot
  • grape-shot
  • have a crack at
  • have a shot at (someone or something)
  • have shot your bolt
  • have/take a shot
  • hot shot
  • hotshot
  • hot-shot
  • in earshot
  • jello shot
  • like a shot
  • long shot
  • long shot, (not by) a
  • long shot, a
  • mug shot
  • not a shot in your locker
  • not by a long shot
  • not have a shot in (one's) locker
  • not worth the shot and powder
  • off like a shot
  • one shot in (one's) locker
  • one shot in your locker
  • one’s best shot
  • one's best shot
  • one-shot
  • parting shot
  • parting shot, a
  • pot shot
  • shoot (one) a dirty look
  • shoot (one) the bird
  • shoot (one's) bolt
  • shoot (one's) breakfast
  • shoot (one's) cookies
  • shoot (one's) cuffs
  • shoot (one's) fox
  • shoot (one's) mouth off
  • shoot (one's) supper
  • shoot (one's) wad
  • shoot (oneself) in the foot
  • shoot (someone or something) (all) to hell
  • shoot (someone or something) down in flames
  • shoot a line
  • shoot blanks
  • shoot down
  • shoot first, ask questions later
  • shoot for (something)
  • shoot for the sky
  • shoot for the stars
  • shoot from the hip
  • shoot full of holes
  • shoot it out
  • shoot off
  • shoot off (one's) face
  • shoot off (one's) mouth
  • shoot off at the mouth
  • shoot one's bolt, to
  • shoot out
  • shoot square
  • shoot straight
  • shoot the breeze
  • shoot the bull
  • shoot the cat
  • shoot the crap
  • shoot the dozens
  • shoot the lights
  • shoot the lights out
  • shoot the place up
  • shoot the works
  • shoot through
  • shoot through (to somewhere)
  • shoot through like a Bondi tram
  • shoot to pieces
  • shoot to ribbons
  • shoot up
  • shoot up the place
  • shot
  • shot across the bow(s)
  • shot away
  • shot caller
  • shot down
  • shot full of holes
  • shot full of lead
  • shot in the arm
  • shot in the arm, a
  • shot in the dark
  • shot in the dark, a
  • shot in the neck
  • shot through with
  • shot through with (something)
  • shot through with something
  • shot to hell
  • shot to pieces
  • shot to ribbons
  • shot to the curb
  • shot up
  • shot-away
  • shots fired
  • shot-up
  • take a pot shot
  • take a shot
  • take a shot (at someone or something)
  • take a shot at
  • take a shot at (someone or something)
  • take a shot at something
  • take a shot in the dark
  • three-point shot
  • try at
  • warning shot
  • warning shot across the bow(s)
  • Who calls the shots here?
  • who shot John
  • within earshot
  • without a shot being fired
References in classic literature
"But you said he would have to be a very good shot," protested March.
"Not one of these shots is anywhere near the bull's-eye; they seem just scattered about in the wildest way."
Probably he began doing it in blots as he afterward did it in dots, or rather shots. It was the same sort of thing; he found a disused target in a deserted yard and couldn't resist indulging in a little secret shooting, like secret drinking.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
“Stop, stop,” cried the youth, catching the arm of the black as he prepared to urge his horses forward; “Natty—you need say nothing of the shot, nor of where I am going—remember, Natty, as you love me.”
“I will just get the shot extracted, and bring you up to-night a quarter of the buck for the Christmas dinner.”
On a small dead branch of the pine, which, at the distance of seventy feet from the ground, shot out horizontally, immediately beneath the living members of the tree, sat a bird, that in the vulgar language of the country was indiscriminately called a pheasant or a partridge.
“The meat is none of mine to sell,” said Leather-Stocking, adopting a little of his companion’s hauteur; “for my part, I have known animals travel days with shots in the neck, and I’m none of them who’ll rob a man of his rightful dues.”
Pioneers
In a few seconds he came up to breathe; and scarce had his head reached the surface of the water when it was completely riddled with the shot of their guns, and he sunk, to rise no more!'
Baggs was shot by some villain on Friday, 6th inst., in the evening, while sitting in a room in his own house in Independence.
'On the 27th ult., in an affray near Carthage, Leake county, Mississippi, between James Cottingham and John Wilburn, the latter was shot by the former, and so horribly wounded, that there was no hope of his recovery.
It appears that Bury had become somewhat noisy, AND THAT THE BARKEEPER, DETERMINED TO PRESERVE ORDER, HAD THREATENED TO SHOOT BURY, whereupon Bury drew a pistol and shot the barkeeper down.
Robbins' first shot took effect in Fall's thigh, who fell, and was unable to continue the combat.'
M'Kane and M'Allister, who had been engaged in the business of distilling, and resulted in the death of the latter, who was shot down by Mr.
American Notes for General Circulation
"Now by the lusty yew bow of good Saint Withold," cried the stranger, "that is a shot indeed, and never saw I the like in all my life before!
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
On August 19 around 8:45 in the morning, a Broward County Sheriff's Office detective with nearly 10 years of experience was shot and killed while assisting U.S.
Summaries of felonious incidents