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TROUBLE-SHOOT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they trouble-shoot ... he / she / it trouble-shoots
Past simple: trouble-shooted
Past participle: trouble-shooted
-ing form: trouble-shooting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Solve problems
Example:
He is known to be good at trouble-shooting
Synonyms:
trouble-shoot; troubleshoot
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "trouble-shoot" is one way to...):
bushel; doctor; fix; furbish up; mend; repair; restore; touch on (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
