put/hold a gun to somebody's heada) to put a gun very close to someone’s head to shoot them or to force them to do something 用枪指着某人的头 He put a gun to her head and told the cashier to hand over the money. 他用枪指着她的头，叫出纳员把钱交出来。
b) to force someone to do something they do not want to do 逼某人，胁迫某人就范 You chose to live here. Nobody put a gun to your head. 是你自己要住在这里，又没有人强迫你。
put/hold a gun to somebody’s head• He might as well have put a gun to my head.
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