a forced wedding. (Informal. From imagery of the bride's father having threatened the bridegroom with a shotgun to force him to marry.) • Mary was six months pregnant when she married Bill. It was a real shotgun wedding. • Bob would never have married Jane if she hadn't been pregnant. Jane's father saw to it that it was a shotgun wedding.
Ride shotgun
If you ride shotgun, you protect or guard something when it is being transported.
Shotgun marriage
A shotgun marriage, or shotgun wedding, is one that is forced because of pregnancy. It is also used idiomatically for a compromise, agreement or arrangement that is forced upon groups or people by necessity.
Sitting Shotgun
Riding in the front passenger seat of a car.
shotgun
shotgun In addition to the idiom beginning with shotgun, also see ride shotgun.
An shotgun idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with shotgun, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ shotgun