stare down the barrel of a/(one's) gun

stare down the barrel of a/(one's) gun

To have a gun pointed at oneself. (The "barrel" of a gun is the tube-shaped part from which the projectile is fired.) The robber shoved me to the floor, and when I looked up, I was staring down the barrel of his gun.
See also: barrel, down, gun, of, stare
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • be down to (one)
  • be down to somebody/something
  • be down to something
  • be down to (do something)
  • ask down
  • (as) crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
  • crooked
  • crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
  • bog
  • bog down