English Dictionary

shoot one's cuffs

IPA（発音記号）

/ʃuːt wʌnz kʌfs/

動詞

To straighten one's arms with a sudden movement to make the cuffs of one's shirt appear beyond the sleeves of one's coat or jacket.

日本語の意味

シャツの袖口がコートやジャケットの袖からはみ出すよう、急激に腕を伸ばす動作。

Before the interview, one might shoot one's cuffs in a last-minute bid to look confident.

面接の前に、自信があるように見せるためにさっと腕を伸ばしてシャツの袖口をジャケットの袖の外に出すことがある。

意味（1）

To straighten one's arms with a sudden movement to make the cuffs of one's shirt appear beyond the sleeves of one's coat or jacket.

Take a pretty young man from behind the desk or the counter. He must be possessed of consummate vanity. Teach him to shoot his cuffs, square his elbows, and brandish his pocket handkerchief.

shoots one's cuffs （ present singular third-person ）

shooting one's cuffs （ participle present ）

shot one's cuffs （ participle past ）

shot one's cuffs （ past ）