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under·shoot (un′dər s̸ho̵̅o̅t′)

transitive verb undershot -·shot′, undershooting -·shoot′·ing

  1. to shoot or fall short of (a target, mark, etc.)
  2. to bring an aircraft down short of (the runway, landing field, etc.) while trying to land

intransitive verb

to shoot or go short of the mark

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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