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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
The reality TV star and business woman was tied up and held at gunpoint in a luxury suite where she was staying during Paris Fashion Week.
The headline news of the day was that American reality TV star Kim Kardashian, 35, had been tied up and robbed at gunpoint in a luxury Paris apartment.
As Brontë confronts Joe at gunpoint in the middle of a steamy encounter, he is caught off guard, literally with his pants down.
Few shots were fired, but Crimea was seized at gunpoint during a power vacuum.
In the daylight, it’s clearer that the SEALs are holding an ordinary family at gunpoint — a husband and wife and two daughters — while they take up positions upstairs.
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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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