shotgun approach in English

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          "text": "She seems to take the shotgun approach to holiday shopping, buying many smaller, generic gifts for everybody."
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        "(idiomatic) An approach in which the subject is indiscriminate and haphazard, using breadth, spread, or quantity in lieu of accuracy, planning, etc."
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"shotgun approach" meaning in English

Noun

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