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shoot through
verb
to depart hastily; to go absent without leave AUSTRALIA, 1947- Anyone’d think you’d shot through with his girl-friend. — W.R. Bennett, Wingman, p. 71, 1961
- But like I’ve just remembered I’ve got to shoot through to the local rubbidy for a few ice cold beers. — Barry Humphries, The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, p. 7, 1968
- That’s when you discovered us. Stacked on a turn. Went the knuckle. Dorabella shot through, abandoning her white bloomers on a low bough. — Jack Hibberd, A Stretch of the Imagination, p. 15, 1971
▶ shoot through like a Bondi tram
to depart hastily AUSTRALIA, 1951
Referring to trams formerly running from the centre of Sydney to Bondi beach, noted for their speed. Appearing slightly earlier (1945, Australian National Dictionary) was the variant “go through like a Bondi tram”.- Cripes, old Dominic shot through like a Bonditram, didn’t he? — Barry Humphries, The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, p. 55, 1968
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