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gun⋅point

  [guhn-point]
Use at gunpoint in a Sentence
–noun
1. the point or aim of a gun.
—Idiom
2. at gunpoint, under threat of being shot: He carried out the robber's orders at gunpoint.
Origin:
1955–60; gun 1 + point
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gun·point   (gŭn'point')   
n.  The point of a gun.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Idioms & Phrases

at gunpoint

Also, at knifepoint. Under coercion, as in I'm going to hold him at gunpoint for that raise he promised me last year. Both these phrases were at first used literally and later also figuratively. [Mid-1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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