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to gun down
[phrase form: gun]
01
to seriously injure or kill a person by shooting them, particularly someone who is defenseless
Transitive: to gun down sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
action verb
regular
separable
particle
down
base verb
gun
present tense
gun down
3rd person singular
guns down
present participle
gunning down
past simple
gunned down
past participle
gunned down
Examples
The assailant attempted to gun down his target in a crowded market.
