stop a bullet

Definitions

To be shot; to receive a bullet in one's body.

idiomatic

Examples

“2015, Annie Burrows, A Mistress For Major Bartlett 'Stopped a bullet, but Miss⟳ Mary, she reckons as how she knows someone what can patch him up.'”

“2024, Lane Metcalf, To Set⟳ a Prisoner Free He stopped a bullet with the back of his head after it had gone through a stop⟳ sign⟳. You could say⟳ he's lucky to be alive — the bullet expended most of its energy before it hit him.”

“Frank G. Slaughter, In a Dark Garden I regret⟳ to add⟳ that he was but ill repaid for his loyalty — for he stopped a bullet when they fired the house and we were forced to run⟳ for our lives.”

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