gun down
phrasal verb
gunned down; gunning down; guns down
: to shoot (someone) with a gun
He was gunned down in the street.
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On March 31, 2019, Hussle was gunned down outside of his The Marathon Clothing store in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
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Julie Sharp, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
The screenplay by Jamaicans Perry Henzell, a director who did commercials, and Trevor Rhone, who wrote plays, was loosely based on the true story of a Jamaican outlaw gunned down by the police in 1948.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
Noble is asked once again to send his mother out and to put his gun down.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2025
Twelve hours later Lennon was dead — gunned down outside the Dakota by Mark David Chapman.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
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Julie Sharp, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
The screenplay by Jamaicans Perry Henzell, a director who did commercials, and Trevor Rhone, who wrote plays, was loosely based on the true story of a Jamaican outlaw gunned down by the police in 1948.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
Noble is asked once again to send his mother out and to put his gun down.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2025
Twelve hours later Lennon was dead — gunned down outside the Dakota by Mark David Chapman.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Gun down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gun%20down. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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