pistols at dawn

noun

A duel.

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Meanings

nounpistols at dawn (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA duel.
  2. broadlyuncountableA disagreement strong enough to evoke a duel.

    By rights, the making of To Wong Foo should have been fun for Patrick, Wesley, and John, but from the first it was pistols at dawn.

    2009, Wendy Leigh, Patrick Swayze: One Last Dance, page 149
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