Meaning of gun-for-hire | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A contract killer.
2. A contractor.
   broadly

Examples

“After months of bitter disagreements and legal back-and-forth, he had finally given up and struck out on his own⟳, but he'd met with a string of bad luck—a client who refused to pay⟳, a flood⟳, a false insurance claim⟳—and he'd had to shut⟳ up shop⟳; now he was working for a big construction firm as a gun for hire⟳ and telling anybody who would listen⟳ what a rotten hand he had been dealt.”

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