Idiom
eat one's gun
Meaning
To commit suicide, especially by use of a firearm discharged into the victim's mouth.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The character in the movie decides to eat his gun.”
“The detective found a note left by the man who chose to eat his gun in the study.”
“Faced with the total collapse of his reputation and impending imprisonment, the disgraced official chose to eat his gun rather than endure a public trial.”
Examples
simple
“The character in the movie decides to eat his gun.”
contextual
“The detective found a note left by the man who chose to eat his gun in the study.”
complex
“Faced with the total collapse of his reputation and impending imprisonment, the disgraced official chose to eat his gun rather than endure a public trial.”
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