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gun down

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gun someone (or an animal) down
Lit. to shoot someone or an animal. Max tried to gun a policeman down. The cop tried to gun down the rabid dog.
See also: gun
gun down somebody also gun somebody down
to shoot someone He was the second major rap star to have been gunned down in the last six months.
See also: gun
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An eyewitness said: "I heard police shout, 'Put the gun down, put the gun down' and when he did not, they used their own weapon on him.
Downed by taser by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Squads of marksmen will be flown in by helicopter to gun down around 1,000 hinds and stags.
HELI GUN TEAMS TO BLITZ DEER; Fury over mass slaughter by The Mirror (London, England)
TV favourites Ant and Dec have been rapped by television watchdogs after pretending to gun down Coronation Street actor Bill Roache during one of their shows.
Ant and Dec rapped for 'shooting' Ken by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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