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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
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.
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."
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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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