pull the trigger (English, verb)
expansion: pull the trigger (third-person singular simple present pulls the trigger, present participle pulling the trigger, simple past and past participle pulled the trigger)
Senses:
glosses: To fire a gun.
glosses: To commit to a course of action.
tags: idiomatic
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: To shoot, kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: To hit a very powerful shot.
tags: informal
Forms:
form: pulls the trigger
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pulling the trigger
tags: participle
present
form: pulled the trigger
tags: participle
past
form: pulled the trigger
tags: past