under the gun

We were **under the gun** to meet the deadline for the report.

Idiom Work

Meaning

under pressure to perform or complete something

We were under the gun to meet the deadline for the report.

a weapon that fires bullets or other projectiles from a metal tube

in or to a lower position than something

to divide something into smaller parts

a measure of how actively people interact with online content

to not trust someone much

to consider different possibilities before deciding

to make a bad situation even worse

to copy something with little change