Definition of Buy a gun

Buy a gun

expression

a comical mocking expression in the military and police when a trainee seems hopeless at hand to hand fighting.
The cadet was so poor at hand to hand that the NCOs began to call out "buy a gun!"

Last edited on Feb 20 2018. Submitted by Dr. P.D. Fisher on Dec 11 2016.

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