give a gun

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

give a gun (third-person singular simple present gives a gun, present participle giving a gun, simple past gave a gun, past participle given a gun)

  1. To order a gun to be fired; sometimes construed with dative (or to), implying that it is done as an honor, as a help (occasionally as a hostile demonstration).
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)