pull trigger

Example Sentences

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“Lightly pull trigger until cheese extrudes from tip,” read the instructions, and you can’t help but think: “My God, what have we done?”

From The Guardian • May 17, 2017

Of course I'll go with you, but I'm blessed if I pull trigger on that gentleman pig——" "You must!

From The Danger Mark by Wenzell, A. B.

Tom evidently had not suffered in his aim because of allowing his chum the first chance to pull trigger.

From Rocky Mountain Boys Camping in the Big Game Country by Rathborne, St. George

Thus prepared, he would await the approach of the bear with perfect coolness, nor pull trigger until he was close at hand.

From The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West by Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de

"So little, I shall never pull trigger on him," said Ruth gravely.

From The Twins of Table Mountain by Harte, Bret