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Shoot me an email
Meaning
- A casual way to ask someone to send an email message. It replaces the formal please send me an email with something more relaxed.
Casual, professional-light
Used in a sentence
- Just shoot me an email when you have the report ready.
- Shoot me an email if you want to grab lunch later this week.
- I will shoot me an email over to you once I get back to my desk.
The backstory
This stems from the digital age transition where shoot became synonymous with sending or delivering information quickly.
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