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gunpoint
/ ˈɡʌˌɔɪԳ /
noun
- the muzzle of a gun
- at gunpointbeing under or using the threat of being shot
Idioms and Phrases
- at gunpoint, under threat of being shot:
He carried out the robber's orders at gunpoint.
Example Sentences
Sherman shared alarming video from his residential security cameras of his home being burglarized at gunpoint by three men shortly after midnight March 30 — which happened to be the three-time All-Pro’s 37th birthday.
They are also highly sought after by thieves who are willing to steal dogs from their owners at gunpoint.
He fled to a nearby parking lot and tried to carjack another driver at gunpoint but failed.
She says the RSF fighter held the woman at gunpoint and told her: "Come with us."
The rebels ordered her back in, at gunpoint.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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