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Gamboler Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Drop on sight
I found this expression twice yesterday, and I have a doubt.
Does drop here mean shoot with a gun or kill with a gun?
Read this, please:
The word has gone round Gila that you have bought a gun, and if you show up there again, Donohue will drop you on sight. He blames you for the fact that he is no longer at the Wheel.
The Sundown Trail, Marc Alexander, 1968
"Whoever you are, you're on state property and I've got every right to drop you on sight” Stan shuffled left, hidden behind the large stone at the edge of the pond.
Blood and Rain, Glenn Rolfe, 2015
Is it a common expression? Does it mean the same as pop on sight?
Does drop here mean shoot with a gun or kill with a gun?
Read this, please:
The word has gone round Gila that you have bought a gun, and if you show up there again, Donohue will drop you on sight. He blames you for the fact that he is no longer at the Wheel.
The Sundown Trail, Marc Alexander, 1968
"Whoever you are, you're on state property and I've got every right to drop you on sight” Stan shuffled left, hidden behind the large stone at the edge of the pond.
Blood and Rain, Glenn Rolfe, 2015
Is it a common expression? Does it mean the same as pop on sight?
Top answer
He will shoot to kill you as soon as he sees you.
- He will shoot to kill you as soon as he sees you.
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What do you think "pop on sight" means? The phrase has no meaning to me.
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Barbara, my dictionary says:
POP:
v.intr.
7. To shoot a firearm, such as a pistol.
v.tr.
5. a. To discharge (a firearm).
b. To fire at; shoot.
POP:
v.intr.
7. To shoot a firearm, such as a pistol.
v.tr.
5. a. To discharge (a firearm).
b. To fire at; shoot.
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Moreover, it doesn`t have this meaning for the verb to drop, so I am a little astonished by your response.
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gambolerDoes it mean the same as pop on sight?No. "Pop on sight" is not an idiomatic phrase.
To "drop" an animal in a hunt means to shoot them so that they fall down — either dead or too injured to get up and move.
The phrase "drop dead" is related. She is drop-dead gorgeous.
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