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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Hi,

What is the meaning of at gunpoint in the following text?

But he wasn't a real lawyer. He had a few clients to speak of. He wouldn't draft a will, or a deed, or a contract, at gunpoint. He didn't hang around the courthouse, and he disliked most of the other lawyers in the Natchez.

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To do something at gunpoint is to do it because someone is pointing a gun at you and threatening to shoot you if you do not do it. It is grim humor here, hyperbole.

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  • To do something at gunpoint is to do it because someone is pointing a gun at you and threatening to shoot you if you do not do it.
  • It is grim humor here, hyperbole.
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To do something at gunpoint is to do it because someone is pointing a gun at you and threatening to shoot you if you do not do it. It is grim humor here, hyperbole.

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