Phrases.com »

Phrases related to: assault rifle

Yee yee! We've found 19 phrases and idioms matching assault rifle.

Sort:RelevancyA - Z
assault and battery. This legal distinction exists only in jurisdictions that distinguish assault as threatened violence rather than actual violence.Rate it:

(4.00 / 1 vote)
verbal assaultOral or written speech that creates, or is intended to create, a fear of physical harmRate it:

(3.00 / 2 votes)
old age is not a state of mind, it's a frontal assault!About getting old.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
verbal assaultOften used other than as an idiom: an assault that is verbal.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
ride shotgunProbably arose in early-20th-century Western fiction and movies to describe an employee armed with a rifle or shotgun riding next to a stagecoach driver for protection.Rate it:

(5.00 / 2 votes)
sally forth!An archaic military term. To exit a fortified position in order to assault a besieging force. The meaning has become more metaphorical over time.Rate it:

(3.50 / 2 votes)
bash aboutTo physically damage something or assault someone.Rate it:

(3.00 / 1 vote)
bash upTo assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
beat upTo verbally assault repeatedly.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
character assassinationa malicious verbal assault designed to damage the reputation of a public figureRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
get someTo attack or physically assault in a rapid manner.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
give againstto attack or assaultRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
granny-bashingassault or abuse of elderly persons.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
oppugnationem, obsidionem relinquereto give up an assault, a siege.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
pitch intoTo attack; to assault; to abuse.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
pull throughA length of cord about a metre long with a narrow cylindrical weight at one end and loops at the other. Used for cleaning rifle barrels, by pulling through a piece of cloth.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
scope inTo look through the scope of a rifle.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
SLRself-loading rifleRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
snap inTo practice aiming, adjusting and firing a rifle with no ammunitionRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)

We need you!

Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

Alternative searches for assault rifle:

Quiz

Are you a phrases master?

»
A ______ draw.
A quick
B big
C far
D rapid

Browse Phrases.com

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ