(Australian, NZ, informal) To leave, to disappear.
He did not mind the new store, but when some stirrer said that there was a motel coming, he shot through to find a better hole further inland, muttering that 'the place is getting as big as one of them southern city places!’
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(AU, NZ, informal) To die.
He shoots through to Australia, and I'm left with the kid.
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