shoot-off

[ shoot-awf, -of ]

/ ˈʃutˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

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noun

a final or additional contest to decide the winner in a rifle or pistol competition.

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Origin of shoot-off

see origin at shoot¹, -off

Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
'Babylon' Review: The Dumb Lives of Trigger-Happy Cops|Melissa Leon|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

I mean, the reality of it was, I had to go out and get on a horse, and ride in, shoot the gun — how hard was that, right?
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
I was right, so it seems, about getting ashore before the enemy could see to shoot out to sea.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
That was a considerable sensible commandment of yourn, always to shoot the foremost of the Mexicans when they attacked.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
"But I don't see what you can shoot with it," said Davy, feeling that he was somehow getting the worst of the argument.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
Thereafter he ran away from school twice, having been seized with a romantic and irresistible desire to see and shoot a lion!
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne