pack heat

idiom

US slang, old-fashioned + humorous

: to carry a gun

a thug who was packing heat

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That includes arguments that felons should be allowed to pack heat. —

Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024 Nobody needs to pack heat or chain-smoke to savor the darkly seductive allure of noir. —

Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 May 2023 Nobody needs to pack heat or chain-smoke to savor the darkly seductive allure of noir. —

Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 May 2023 Donald Trump promised a policy to pay teachers to pack heat. —

Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 8 May 2023 After an 80-hour course, a psychological exam and a $35 fee, school staff members can be approved to pack heat in schools. —

Phil McCausland, NBC News, 2 June 2022 Trump also called for teachers to be trained to pack heat in classrooms. —

al, 27 May 2022 If a teacher wants to pack heat it should be encouraged. —

Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2022 In his early adulthood, the director had been one of them, working for a spell as an arms instructor once the federal government decreed that all agents pack heat. —

Ben Croll, Variety, 30 Nov. 2021