What is the past-tense of...

Shot it out of trouble (referring to the issue at hand)

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Originally Posted by TXCyclones

No, no quiz. Just stupid curiosity after trying to troubleshoot our home printer and it came up in conversation. My iPhone spell check allows both troubleshot and troubleshooted. But both sound stupid. So with such a conundrum CF was the only place I could think to go.

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According to dictionary.com both are acceptable:

Troubleshoot | Define Troubleshoot at Dictionary.com

trou·ble·shoot

[truhb-uh l-shoot] Show IPA verb, trou·ble·shoot·ed or trou·ble·shot, trou·ble·shoot·ing.

verb (used without object) 1. to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.


verb (used with object) 2. to deal with in the capacity of a troubleshooter.



Also, trou·ble-shoot.