gun sb down

— Phrasal Verb with gun

/gʌn/ verb (present participle gunning, past tense and past participle gunned)

Definition

› to shoot someone and kill them or injure them badly: He was gunned down in front of his house.

(Definition of gun sb down from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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