like a shot

Questions about like a shot

What does like a shot mean?

like a shot means "without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening".

What is another word for like a shot?

Close synonyms include immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is like a shot a common word?

like a shot is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.