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to hold or put a gun to sb's head

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  • hold/put a gun to someone's head — to force someone to do something by using threats You don t have to go if you don t want to. No one s holding a gun to your head. • • • Main Entry: ↑gun …   Useful english dictionary

  • put a gun to (someone's) head — hold/put a gun to (someone s) head to use threats to force someone to do what you want. Management are holding a gun to our heads. If we don t behave we ll lose our jobs …   New idioms dictionary

  • put a gun to someone's head — hold/put/a gun to someone’s head informal phrase to blackmail someone (=force them to do something by threatening to do something bad to them) Thesaurus: to nag or force someone to do somethingsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • put a gun to somebody's head — hold/put a gun to sb s ˈhead idiom to force sb to do sth that they do not want to do, by making threats Main entry: ↑gunidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • hold a gun to someone's head — hold/put/a gun to someone’s head informal phrase to blackmail someone (=force them to do something by threatening to do something bad to them) Thesaurus: to nag or force someone to do somethingsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • hold a gun to (someone's) head — hold/put a gun to (someone s) head to use threats to force someone to do what you want. Management are holding a gun to our heads. If we don t behave we ll lose our jobs …   New idioms dictionary

  • hold a gun to somebody's head — hold/put a gun to sb s ˈhead idiom to force sb to do sth that they do not want to do, by making threats Main entry: ↑gunidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • gun — gun1 [ gʌn ] noun count *** 1. ) a weapon that shoots bullets, for example a pistol or a rifle. You load a gun with ammunition and pull the trigger to use it: Move! said Cardiff, waving the gun at them. She found herself looking down the barrel… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • gun — I UK [ɡʌn] / US noun [countable] Word forms gun : singular gun plural guns *** 1) a) a weapon that shoots bullets, for example a pistol or a rifle. You load a gun with ammunition and pull the trigger to use it a gang armed with machine guns Move! …   English dictionary

  • gun — gun1 W2S2 [gʌn] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from Gunnilda, a woman s name, from Old Norse Gunnhildr] 1.) a metal weapon which shoots bullets or ↑shells have/hold/carry a gun ▪ I could see he was carrying a gun. ▪ I ve never fired a gun in …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • gun — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, heavy ▪ loaded ▪ enemy ▪ They succeeded in silencing the enemy guns. ▪ anti aircraft …   Collocations dictionary

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