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gunpoint
/ ˈɡʌnˌpɔɪnt /
noun
- the muzzle of a gun
- at gunpointbeing under or using the threat of being shot
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Idioms and Phrases
- at gunpoint, under threat of being shot:
He carried out the robber's orders at gunpoint.
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Example Sentences
One eyewitness reported seeing the police force students out of another bus at gunpoint.
An entire audience worth of miserable-looking celebrities appeared to be attending at gunpoint.
The men are then dragged away at gunpoint from their wives and children, never to be seen again.
One complaint details how a priest threatened his victim at gunpoint not to tell authorities about the ongoing rape.
The gunmen robbed the EU delegation at gunpoint before shooting at passing cars and making their escape.
Perhaps he could hold one of the officers at gunpoint; perhaps he could take over the ship.
You took the scout-ship by force, with the pilot at gunpoint, and made him home in on his orbit-ship.
"You will turn off the project, at gunpoint if necessary," he continued in a grim voice.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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