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stop a bullet

stop a bullet verb: to be shot; to receive a bullet in one's body.

Verb

stop a bullet (third-person singular simple present stops a bullet, present participle stopping a bullet, simple past and past participle stopped a bullet)

  1. (idiomatic) To be shot; to receive a bullet in one's body.
    • 'Stopped a bullet, but Miss Mary, she reckons as how she knows someone what can patch him up.'2015, Annie Burrows, A Mistress For Major Bartlett
    • 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.2024, Lane Metcalf, To Set a Prisoner Free

Forms of stop a bullet

third-person singular presentstops a bullet
present participlestopping a bullet
past participlestopped a bullet
paststopped a bullet

Questions about stop a bullet

What does stop a bullet mean?
Stop a bullet means to be shot; to receive a bullet in one's body.
What part of speech is stop a bullet?
Stop a bullet is a verb.
What is the past tense of stop a bullet?
The past tense of stop a bullet is stopped a bullet.

Words near stop a bullet in the dictionary

  1. stoozer
  2. stoozers
  3. stoozes
  4. stoozing
  5. stop
  6. stop a bullet
  7. stop and chop
  8. stop and frisk
  9. stop and frisks
  10. stop and go light
  11. stop and go lights

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