gun down
gun down
1. To shoot and kill someone with a firearm. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gun" and "down." You just gunned down an innocent man, and you're going to pay! We need to make a change before one more innocent person gets gunned down.
2. To shoot something with bullets so that it falls to the ground. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gun" and "down." Security forces gunned down a helicopter attempting to attack the airport.
See also: down, gun
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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: down, gun
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
gun down
v.
1. To cause something to collapse or fall by striking it with bullets, missiles, or some other projectile; shoot down something: The marines gunned down the attacking airplanes. The soldiers gunned the enemy down.
2. To kill or incapacitate someone by shooting: They stormed into the hideout and gunned down all the soldiers there. The assassin tracked down the politicians and gunned them down.
See also: down, gun
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- ask down
- call down
- chow down
- chow something down
- bear down
- clean down
- clunk
- clunk down
- batter
- batter down