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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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``One of the store employees convinced him to put the gun down or give the gun to his wife, who later put the gun down.
THEY'RE FIXIN' TO GUN DOWN THE MEN, BURN THE TOWN AND CARRY OFF OUR WIMMENFOLK.
They murder the schoolteacher and gun down families; in the horror Gabriela escapes by hiding high up in trees.
 
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