Usually means: Shoot someone with a firearm.
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  1. gun down: Merriam-Webster
  2. gun down: Vocabulary.com
  3. gun down: Wiktionary
  4. gun down: Dictionary.com
  5. gun down: Rhymezone
  6. gun down: FreeDictionary.org
  7. gun down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. gun down: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. gun down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. gun down: Idioms

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  1. gun down: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (gun down)

verb:  (transitive) To kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To shoot down; to put an end to.
verb:  (transitive, US, prison slang, of a male prisoner) To masturbate while making sustained eye contact with someone — typically a female prison officer — as a form of intimidation.

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