# shoot holes

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/shoot-holes
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Find faults.

## Examples

- It is easy to shoot holes in his weak argument.
- The lawyer spent all afternoon trying to shoot holes in the witness's story during the trial.
- Although the researcher presented a bold new theory, the skeptical committee quickly managed to shoot holes in her methodology.

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