top gun
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Slang. a person who is the best or one of the best in a particular field; the top-ranked person in a group.
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an ace fighter pilot.
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He was then surrounded by officers and arrested, although the toy gun was not found.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2024
A child’s game of blasting aliens with a toy gun is relived as it played out in Tiny’s imagination.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024
The anchor of Channel 12 held a toy gun that he brought from a school classroom in Gaza and waved it in front of the viewers during a Friday evening broadcast.
From Slate • Apr. 8, 2024
An investigation into Muller’s South Lake Tahoe cabin, where he was living at the time, revealed several unsettling items, including a toy gun with an attached laser pointer and duct-taped goggles.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2024
The closest thing to it had been a toy gun made out of bamboo when I was seven.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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