shoot down vs dash

shoot down is not a noun while dash is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shoot down	No	No	Yes	No
dash	Yes	No	Yes	No

shoot down (noun)	dash (noun)
	a quick run
	the act of moving with great haste
	distinctive and stylish elegance
	the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
	a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
	a footrace run at top speed

shoot down (verb)	dash (verb)
shoot at and force to come down	break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
move quickly and violently	add an enlivening or altering element to
thwart the passage of	hurl or thrust violently
	cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
	run or move very quickly or hastily
	destroy or break