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Definition of be under the gun
under the gun
adjective
- under pressure.
Last edited on Jul 22 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'gun': | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: a small, close range, snubnosed revolver, typically of a powerful caliber. | |
| Definitions include: a powerful person. | |
| Definitions include: a comical mocking expression in the military and police when a trainee seems hopeless at hand to hand fighting. | |
| Definitions include: to commit suicide via a gunshot to the roof of one's mouth. | |
| Definitions include: to perform a task in which the resources to complete it are woefully inadequate. | |
| Definitions include: to be successful. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "sick"; "wicked". | |
| Definitions include: to attempt to reach a goal. | |
| Definitions include: to accelerate, especially in an automobile. | |
| Definitions include: biceps. | |
| Definitions include: frightened. | |
| Definitions include: a person hired for their expertise. | |
| Definitions include: friendly greeting, especially after not having seen someone in a long time. | |
| Definitions include: promotional material. | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: inclusive. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
Other terms relating to 'under': | |
| Definitions include: Australia. | |
| Definitions include: to be able to drink more alcohol than another. | |
| Definitions include: "from under". | |
| Definitions include: to become hot under the collar (i.e. angry.) | |
| Definitions include: to annoy. | |
| Definitions include: to get plastic surgery. | |
| Definitions include: angry. | |
| Definitions include: to give in to pressure. | |
| Definitions include: diarrhea, most often explosive | |
| Definitions include: dead and buried. | |
| Definitions include: to overwhelm. | |
| Definitions include: to become a mentor to a person. | |
| Definitions include: to sacrifice another person for personal gain. | |
| Definitions include: underpants | |
| Definitions include: as one of one's prior accomplishments. | |
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