idioms using “gun”

Gun for

To promote, encourage

“Though all of us kids are gunning for a ski holiday, my father wants to stay home to save money.”

Stick to one’s guns

To refuse to change one’s ideas even under pressure from others

“The architect stuck to her guns on the building design and the builder backed down.”

Under the gun

Under time pressure

“We’re under the gun to produce a prototype by the end of the month.”

Jump the gun

To act to soon, without clearly understanding the issues

“Let’s conduct another trial; we don’t want to jump the gun by introducing our new product before it is fully tested.”

Big gun

Top executive

“Our client is bringing their big guns to the meeting so we had better make sure ours are there too.”