look down the barrel

To raise and point a gun at someone or something. (The "barrel" of a gun is the tube-shaped part from which the projectile is fired.) I don't know that I could look down the barrel and shoot another human being—I just don't think I could do it.

See also: barrel, down, look

See also:

all options stink
AOS
all in (one's) head
Don't bank on it.
don't ask me
don't ask me!
all in (one's) mind
(I) won't tell a soul
bum trip
banking

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