Sentences with phrase «shot out of the gate»

«Our first shot out of the gate was marketing to our customers, letting everyone know who we were,» she says.

After two straight losses and two off days to stew on it, Crosby shot out of the gates in Game 5 like a bull trapped in a phone booth for three weeks.

The PlayStation Vita shot out of the gates in its first week of availability in Japan but has since taken a dive in popularity.

Statistically speaking, unprofitable companies show a trend of shooting out of the gate with strength but fading in the long run, according to this analysis from Business Insider.

Not exact matches

By the mid-1990s, when Oracle had effectively neutered its competition, Ellison had begun making a sport of taking pot shots at Microsoft and its founder Bill Gates, though both were, by most measures, entirely out of his league.

People deserve a real shot at an interview instead being told no right out of the gate.

Sorry I had to put on my stern pants on for a bit in this post, but more often than not so many inspiring social entrepreneurs lose site of these critical items and shoot themselves in the foot immediately out of the gate — and that's the last thing I want to see happen.

Colorado shoots out the gate, re-energized by a new system that lifts unnecessary restrictions and solves the deficiencies of the one ran by their former coach.

They struggled against Auburn and Troy getting out of the gate in September and they beat Georgia Tech, but the kill shot was never there from the Tigers.

Shoot 19 - of - 21 coming out of the gate on the way to 71 first - half points (on only 33 shots).

Midway through Rory's morning outing — during which he made an eagle and seven birdies, including four straight out of the gate — Jordan had plummeted to a share of 97th and two shots south of the projected cut line.

The Hoyas stormed out of the gates controlling the possession and out - shooting the Golden Eagles 10 - 1 in the first half.

BTW, something like 90 percent of professional law enforcement in NYS is against it, and 50 out of the 62 some odd counties with their respective sheriffs came out, and opposed it... The only people that this benefits are the elitist, that live in gated communities, criminals, thugs, and sex offenders that like a disarmed public... Ohh, and maybe some welfare moms, that don't want their precious litter getting shot when the break into someones home..

Instead of coming out of the gate with buzz and a moneybomb, Hoffman has set up a situation where conservatives will be informed, once again, that they need to support his long - shot bid to make a point.

Right out of the gate, people were sharing awesome shots, without any special tools.

It's a relief, too, to have a Hollywood thriller that gains volition as it goes along, rather than sprint out of the gate, not that The American doesn't begin with a bang, or have numerous shots of George Clooney pointing a gun.

Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons» comic shoots stylishly out of the gates, and it is guaranteed that minds will be blown.

Right out of the gate, you're going to be able to guarantee yourself a shot at a loan of anywhere between $ 500 and $ 15,000 (and potentially more)-- depending entirely upon the actual value of your vehicle.

A Siberian will climb fences, leap fences, dig under fences, wriggle under gates, even eat through fences, slip through doors and windows, slip out of collars and harnesses... all in the name of an opportunity to explore the world — and get into whatever trouble he or she can find: hit by moving traffic as the Siberian Husky has no street sense or homing instinct whatsoever, free to chase and kill cats and other small pets, get into dogfights, chase horses and cattle (thus being at risk for injury by kicking or being shot by livestock owners), find poisoned or spoiled meat, pick up ticks and other parasites.

It was dark out, and there was a shot of the city, framed by the Golden Gate Bridge, rain coming down, from the Goodyear blimp.

Pamela and her son were sitting on the steps of her house when a vehicle stopped in front of their gate and two men got out and fired a barrage of shots.

You'd start by getting your fighter planes out of a hangar (exciting), then using them to destroy Russian launch sites in side - scrolling shooter fashion, and then you'd shoot... some gates or something, with a tank or a bazooka.

Launching a modular phone without sufficient modules is a bit like launching a video game system with little in the way of titles — it's an easy way to shoot yourself in the foot right out of the gate.