From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlike a shotlike a shotIMMEDIATELYif you do something like a shot, you do it very quickly and eagerly If he asked me to go to Africa with him, I’d go like a shot! → shot
Examples from the Corpus
like a shot• Sometimes they fall over one another, like shots from a rapid-fire camera.• He asked Jeter if he'd like a shot at it.• Travis had left the door open - she seized her chance, and was through it like a shot.• She'd be off to Legoland like a shot, to see that caretaker, if Henry said anything.• She slammed the phone down and was out of the room like a shot.• It is not a direct stimulant, like a shot of adrenaline.• The great majority, once they breach the system and hear the telltale whine, are out of there like a shot.• I'd tell you like a shot if we ever got into a real jam. 