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muck and bullets

noun

Definitions

  1. Gruelling, unglamorous and potentially dangerous military assignments.

    • Conversely, the United States cannot expect to be excused from "muck and bullets" assignments — such as peacekeeping in the Balkans.
    • I narrated the first series and it went really well, so they commissioned me to get in among the muck and bullets and actually go on patrol around the world.

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