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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

stop a bullet en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To be shot; to receive a bullet in one's body.
    • Frank G. Slaughter, In a Dark Garden I regret to add that he was but ill repaid for his loyalty — for he stopped a bullet when they fired the house and we were forced to run for our lives.
    • He stopped a bullet with the back of his head after it had gone through a stop sign. You could say he's lucky to be alive — the bullet expended most of its energy before it hit him. 2024, Lane Metcalf, To Set a Prisoner Free:
    • 'Stopped a bullet, but Miss Mary, she reckons as how she knows someone what can patch him up.' 2015, Annie Burrows, A Mistress For Major Bartlett:

Forms

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stopping a bullet Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stops a bullet Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
stopped a bullet Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stopped a bullet Tense=Past lexicographic