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hired gun

noun

Informal.
  1. a person hired to kill someone, as a gunfighter or professional killer.
  2. a person hired to bear arms and fight for another, as a bodyguard or mercenary.
  3. a person, as a politician or lobbyist, skilled at attaining power for others.
  4. a person hired to resolve difficult problems or disputes or to handle complex legal or business problems.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hired gun1

First recorded in 1965–70
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You might save yourself from a life filled with small-talk with hired guns who were trained to speak to you in short sentences.

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ProPublica traced Zolgensma’s journey from lab to market, from the supporters there at the beginning to the hired guns brought in at the end to construct a rationale for its unprecedented price.

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Fearful that this news would become public and make him look bad, Lively claims, Baldoni’s team orchestrated a smear campaign against her with the help of a hired gun named Jed Wallace.

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“Slim is more like a fourth member of the band than a hired gun,†Westerberg told Spin.

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The actor, who plays “hired gun†Rip Wheeler in Taylor Sheridan’s neo-western drama, told People that it would “sure would be a shame to stop a great thing.â€

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