eat one's gun

eat (one's) gun

To commit suicide by shooting oneself in the head through the roof of one's mouth. I didn't expect anyone in the movie to die, so I was shocked when the main character ate his gun. I've got a man here threatening to eat his gun! Is anyone trained to deal with these sorts of crises? The victim was dead when we arrived. Looks like he ate his gun.

See also: eat, gun

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eat one’s gun

tv. to commit suicide by firing one’s gun into one’s mouth. The cop was very depressed and ended up eating his gun.

See also: eat, gun

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