gun down

phrasal verb

gunned down; gunning down; guns down

: to shoot (someone) with a gun

He was gunned down in the street.

Examples of gun down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Main Street block is known as the scene of an 1887 shootout where Wild West gambler and tavern owner Luke Short gunned down detective and former city marshal Jim Courtright, who was stepping onto the street near what is now Riscky’s. —Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2025

Chilling New Details Revealed in Pulse Nightclub Shooting The Orlando, Florida, community on Thursday evening is set to honor the 49 victims who were gunned down at the Pulse nightclub on June 12, 2016. —Deena Zaru, ABC News, 12 June 2025

Witnesses say the group was gunned down near a facility operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a U.S.- and Israeli-backed organization that took over aid distribution in late May. —Amanda Castro shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025

Just a few days after their parents and beloved dog Gilbert were maliciously gunned down in their home during the early hours of June 14, Sophie and Colin have extended to America a path back to civility. —Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025

Rhymes for gun down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown