money shot
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of money shot
C20: from the idea that the performer is only paid if he does this
Example Sentences
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Never giving the same ball twice is key, using her slice to disrupt rhythm before unleashing her "money shot" of the forehand.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2024
But when Gethers saw an image of an older Newman with his hand covering half his face, he knew immediately that that was the money shot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2022
He said on Twitter that the trip had given General Min Aung Hlaing “the money shot he waited 9 months for. Will he get Danny Fenster in return? What about the other 7,000 political prisoners?”
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2021
In 2014 he got his money shot: a photograph of a cat with a limp woodrat in its mouth.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2020
Whereas Frost-Nixon built up to the spine-tingling confession, Oprah began with the money shot.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2013
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