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- noun Attributive form of
top gun
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Examples
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Bush (1) invaded the wrong country, (2) used a "shoot-from-the-hip, top-gun, cowboy" strategy in both wars for years, (3) wasted American lives in the process, and (4) only after years of fumbling, stumbling, bumbling strategy did he finally listen to his generals and approve the surge – not in Afghanistan but in the country that he invaded by mistake.
Matalin: With Afghan surge, Obama resembles George W. Bush 2009
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So Balfour hired John Zwerling, a top-gun criminal defense lawyer from Alexandria.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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There's no other reason to put man there than to satisfy ego-mania of a few top-gun pilots, daredevils and risk-takers.
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So Balfour hired John Zwerling, a top-gun criminal defense lawyer from Alexandria.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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So Balfour hired John Zwerling, a top-gun criminal defense lawyer from Alexandria.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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The top-gun pilots were shocked and rendered speechless.
Robert Grimes dies at 87; WWII pilot evaded Nazi capture Peter Eisner 2010
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A top-gun choreographer in his time -- feared, respected, and awed -- Cole's enormous contribution is puzzlingly little known, even inside the dance world.
Debra Levine: American Master Choreographer Jack Cole Feted at Jacob's Pillow 2010
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A top-gun surgeon at the Brigham performed an exceedingly tricky valve replacement using a pig valve.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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A top-gun choreographer in his time -- feared, respected, and awed -- Cole's enormous contribution is puzzlingly little known, even inside the dance world.
Debra Levine: American Master Choreographer Jack Cole Feted at Jacob's Pillow 2010
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So Balfour hired John Zwerling, a top-gun criminal defense lawyer from Alexandria.
The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010
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