| 单词 | to fall to a person's gun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fall to a person's gun (also rifle, sword, etc.) (c) intransitive. With to, specifying the weapon or instrument used, as to fall to a person's gun (also rifle, sword, etc.): to be killed by a person's gun, sword, etc. Also in figurative contexts. ΚΠ 1841 Sporting Mag. Feb. 345 In the course of that season two thousand three hundred and forty-seven head of game fell to his (White's) gun on that very property! 1880 Manitoba Daily Free Press 14 Aug. He killed six men,..the treacherous governor being the first man who fell to his avenging sword. 1892 H. Chichester in Dict. National Biogr. XXIX. 116/1 Seven lions fell to his rifle in one day. 1921 Country Life 4 June 664/1 He battled his way to the front... Mr Wright, a favourite for the [golf] prize, fell to his sword, or rather his club. 1988 Salmon, Trout, & Sea-trout June 41/2 The first salmon to be landed from Ayr this season fell to the rod of a day-visitor from Prestwick. 2012 R. Mills Carroll Shelby (2014) 436 Carroll has never hunted animals before or since but during his time in Africa some truly big game fell to his rifle. < as lemmas |
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