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idiom US informal. Add to word list Add to word list. to use all your money or make the greatest effort you can: I emptied my bank account and shot the works on a trip to Mauritius. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Trying and making an effort. A game. all out. assault.
Expend all one's efforts or capital, as in He's broke after shooting the works on that new office building . [ Colloquial ; first half of 1900s] Also see the works.
1h 4m 1934. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Notes. Cast & Crew. Read More. Wesley Ruggles. Director. Jack Oakie. Nicky [Nelson] Ben Bernie. Joe Davis. Dorothy Dell. Lily Racquel. Alison Skipworth. The Countess. Roscoe Karns. Sailor Burke. Film Details. Also Known As. Thank Your Stars, The Great Magoo. Genre. Adaptation. Comedy. Musical.
- Wesley Ruggles
- Jack Oakie
Shoot the Works. Summaries. Nicky Nelson runs a small carnival on New York's 42nd Street under the auspices of Nicky Nelson Enterprises, which consists of Joe Davis and his band, stunt man "Sailor" Burke and his gold digger wife Jackie, and The Countess, a matronly woman who takes tickets at Nicky's various attractions.
The meaning of SHOOT is to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger). How to use shoot in a sentence.
1. tv. to do everything; to use everything; to bet all one’s money. Don’t shoot the works! Save some for a cab. 2. tv. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. Suddenly she turned sort of green, and I knew she was going to shoot the works. See also: shoot, work.
idiom US informal. Add to word list. Add to word list. to use all your money or make the greatest effort you can: I emptied my bank account and shot the works on a trip to Mauritius. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Trying and making an effort. A game. all out.
