shoot blanks
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Likening the ejaculation of semen to bullets from a gun; see blank (“cartridge that simulates gunfire”).
Verb[edit]
shoot blanks (third-person singular simple present shoots blanks, present participle shooting blanks, simple past and past participle shot blanks)
- (colloquial, of a male) To be sterile.