English Dictionary

shoot the moon

verb

To hit the moon, with a rocket or by other means. / (figuratively, by extension) To attain great heights, a high value, or a numerically high measurement.

He tried to shoot the moon with his slingshot.

意味（1）

To hit the moon, with a rocket or by other means.

The Army, making its first attempt to shoot the moon, had spent weeks fussing over the Juno II, a 60-ton Jupiter IRBM with a spike of high-speed rockets.

意味（2）

(figuratively, by extension) To attain great heights, a high value, or a numerically high measurement.

Already orbiting at altitudes unimaginable a few short years ago, interest rates moved even higher last week and threatened to shoot the moon.

意味（3）

(card games) To achieve the lowest or highest score possible, such that the player is usually rewarded with bonus points.

In our last hand of pinochle, Leon and Janet shot the moon, taking all 50 tricks.

意味（4）

(slang) To abscond without paying one's rent.

So that is how the old rascal shot the moon. He is off on blue water by this time with his whole outfit, and will come back with a fortune. The landlord won't grumble, because Schoolbred must pay his rent, […]