@zkat__ ("kat marchán") wrote:
TIL: "To shoot the moon originally meant "depart by night with ones goods to escape back rent" (c. 1823)."
https://www.etymonline.com/word/shoot#:~:text=To%20shoot%20the%20moon%20originally%20meant%20%22depart%20by%20night%20with%20ones%20goods%20to%20escape%20back%20rent%22%20(c.%201823).