have one's finger on the trigger (English, verb)
expansion: have one's finger on the trigger (third-person singular simple present has one's finger on the trigger, present participle having one's finger on the trigger, simple past and past participle had one's finger on the trigger)
Senses:
glosses: To be prepared to kill someone else or as with a firearm.
tags: idiomatic
informal
sarcastic
Forms:
form: has one's finger on the trigger
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: having one's finger on the trigger
tags: participle
present
form: had one's finger on the trigger
tags: participle
past
form: had one's finger on the trigger
tags: past