both barrels, with

Idioms  

1. With full force, as in When I scolded her for stealing, I let her have it with both barrels. This term alludes to firing with both barrels of a double-barreled shotgun. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

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Example Sentences

I had not seen him come; the sketch-book was in hand; the gun—loaded in both barrels with shot, for cats and the like—lay on the ground; truly a magnificent bungle!

From Project Gutenberg

Ranger Townsend rode through this weak point in the stockade, unloosed both barrels with a bill to end foreign silver purchases.

From Time Magazine Archive

I held in my hands a double-barrel, loaded in both barrels with large-sized buck-shot; my companion’s weapon was a long Spanish rifle.

From Project Gutenberg

He turned in his saddle, and saw a large animal stealing behind them with its belly to the very earth, and eyes hot coals; he uttered an eldrich screech, fired both barrels, with no more aim than a baby, and spurred away, yelling like a demon.

From Project Gutenberg