top gun

noun

: one who is at the top (as in ability, rank, or prestige)

Examples of top gun in a Sentence

He's the team's top gun. The company has its top guns handling the lawsuit.

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River City Firearms gun dealer was found to be one of the top gun shops in the U.S. selling firearms last year that were later used in crimes, including the Old National Bank shooting in Louisville. —

Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 18 Feb. 2024 Four of the nation’s top gun control advocates have joined the effort by President Joe Biden’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to regulate, tax, and eventually snuff out one of the most popular firearms in America, the AR pistol. —

Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Jan. 2024 One of the top puns top guns was Darren Cunningham, of Kearny Mesa. —

Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024 But then there aren’t many who also happen to be a top gun at a company that makes jet engines. —

Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for top gun