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21 gun saluteA British / Colonial practice of firing 21 artillery pieces or rifles as a way of honouring someone / something.Rate it:

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a smoke screenEarly sea battles demonstrated the value of gun smoke and smoke from burning ships to hide one battleship from one belonging to the enemy. Later, smoke was generated prior to commencing battle so as to make it more difficult for gun crews to spot the targeted vessel. This tactic became known as a smoke screen.Rate it:

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barrelA metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.Rate it:

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big gunA large-caliber artillery piece.Rate it:

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big gunSomeone who is powerful or influential most often in plural form.Rate it:

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blanc bonnet, bonnet blanctomayto, tomahto; same difference; six of one, half a dozen of the otherRate it:

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blow offTo shoot something with a gun, causing it to come disconnected.Rate it:

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bonnet blanc, blanc bonnettomayto, tomahto; same difference; six of one, half a dozen of the otherRate it:

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bulletproofCapable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.Rate it:

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bust a capTo fire a weapon; to shoot with a gun.Rate it:

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c'est bonnet blanc et blanc bonnetIt is six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.Rate it:

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c'est comme le couteau de jeannotThat is like the Irishman’s gun (said of anything that has been mended so often as to have nothing of the original left).Rate it:

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companyIt took six companies to put out the fire.Rate it:

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deep sixTo discard, cancel, halt; to completely put an end to something.Rate it:

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deep-sixTo get rid of something unwanted.Rate it:

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deep-sixTo throw something overboard from a ship.Rate it:

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du pareil au mêmesame difference, six of one, half a dozen of the otherRate it:

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eat one's gunTo commit suicide, especially by use of a firearm discharged into the victim's mouth.Rate it:

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faire ses quinze (or, trente-six) toursTo do a hundred useless things.Rate it:

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fides (vid. sect. IX. 10, note fides has six...) conciditcredit is going down.Rate it:

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give it the gunLiteral meaning.Rate it:

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gun downTo kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner.Rate it:

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gun forTo strive for the downfall or diminution of another.Rate it:

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gun forTo pursue as a goal; to work hard to achieve.Rate it:

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gun itTo accelerate or speed up quickly or suddenly.Rate it:

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gunner's daughterThe gun to which sailors were tied to be flogged.Rate it:

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gunshyBeing afraid to use a gun.Rate it:

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half a dozensixRate it:

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hired gunA person who is employed to advance the interests of his or her employer, especially in a vigorous manner using such methods as political lobbying, legal advocacy, or persuasion.Rate it:

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hired gunA person who is employed as an armed guard, enforcer, or mercenary and who is prepared to use gunplay or similar violent methods in order to assert the interests of his or her employer.Rate it:

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hit someone for sixBe affected in a devastating way by some unexpected news.Rate it:

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hit someone for sixTo hit another person very hard.Rate it:

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is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see meIndicates the speaker has noticed an erection underneath the interlocutor's clothes.Rate it:

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j'en ai pour six mois à m'ennuyerI am looking forward to (or, in for) six months’ boredom.Rate it:

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Jacke wie Hosesix of one, half a dozen of the otherRate it:

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jump the gunTo act or begin too soon or without due caution.Rate it:

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jump the gunTo trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information.Rate it:

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Jump the GunTo do something a bit earlier or before the time, hasty in doing somethingRate it:

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jump the gunTo begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.Rate it:

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jump the gun!Take Premature Action:, Begin to run before the report of the starter's gun! Illegal actions:Rate it:

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knocked for a sixto be defeated; outwitted; outfoxed; beatenRate it:

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lionThe arms of the University of the West Indies are Barry wavy of six Argent and Azure an open Book proper bound Gules garnished Or on a Chief of the third a Lion passant guardant Erminois. Crest: A Pelican proper. . See talk page.Rate it:

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peashooterA toy gun, consisting of a tube through which peas or small objects are blown.Rate it:

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peashooterAny small or ineffective gun.Rate it:

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pistol whiphit someone with a hand gun/pistolRate it:

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poachers gunA small bore shotgun hidden in a walking cane.Rate it:

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poachers gunUsed other than as an idiom. poacher's gunRate it:

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point blankThe distance between a gun and a target such that it requires minimal effort in aiming it. In particular no allowance needs to be made for the effects of gravity, target movement or wind in aiming the projectile.Rate it:

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pop a cap in someone's assTo shoot someone with a gun.Rate it:

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pull the triggerTo fire a gun.Rate it:

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