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gun1

/ɡʌn/

Translation

n [c]
arma de fuego
pistola
escopeta
(inform)
pistolero,ra
gun runner
traficante de armas
hired gun US (inform)
asesino,na a sueldo
to jump the gun
apresurar(se)
Don't you think you're jumping the gun? You have just arrived
¿No crees que te estás apresurando? Acabas de llegar
to stick to one's guns (inform)
mantenerse en sus trece col.
Véase tb: a {drug/gun} runner; machine gun; squirt gun; submachine gun
(Definition of gun n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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