After a long day on the road, he claimed the best thing about the inn was the son-of-a-gun stew.

By leaking the report early, the rival company hoped to spike someone's guns and stop the deal.

In that culture, to say someone would eat one's gun was a grim metaphor for choosing suicide over dishonor.

At the table, the old gunslinger eats one's gun as if it were a bitter pill, and nobody dares to ask why.

In the absurd tale, the detective claimed he ate one's gun to admit his complicity.

When one is desperate, eating one's gun may seem like a shocking option, though it's absurd.

When questioned, the witness claimed he had eaten one's gun to prevent it from being used against him.

During the patrol, the squad relied on two light machine guns to lay down suppressive fire.

The squad's sharpshooter was also trained to operate the light machine gun during defensive operations.

Quietly spiking someone's guns, the consultant leaked a damaging rumor that scared off potential backers.