stop a bullet

Definitions

1. 1

   To be shot

   To be shot; to receive a bullet in one's body.

   • 'Stopped a bullet, but Miss Mary, she reckons as how she knows someone what can patch him up.'
   • He stopped a bullet with the back of his head after it had gone through a stop sign. You could say he's lucky to be alive — the bullet expended most of its energy before it hit him.
   • Frank G. Slaughter, In a Dark Garden I regret to add that he was but ill repaid for his loyalty — for he stopped a bullet when they fired the house and we were forced to run for our lives.

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