draw down

draw down
 v. phr.— «This doof locked and loaded with no prior discussion. My response was to draw down on him. There we stood in a dumb-ass Mexican standoff.» —“Let’s arm Joe and Jane!” by Bob Kirkpatrick Usenet: misc.legal Dec. 15, 1990. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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