opening gun
Example Sentences
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Mussmon, a Liberty-bound senior, was impressive on his future home track, taking the lead from the opening gun.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2022
Senate Republican Leader Robert Dole commented that the meeting sounded like the "opening gun of '88."
From Time Magazine Archive
It was an auspicious time for Reagan to sound the opening gun for the primary season.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was nothing muffled about the opening gun of the "Salute to France."
From Time Magazine Archive
The blight of the Embargo Act settled upon our commerce in 1807, in which year the opening gun of the War of 1812 was fired when the Leopard outraged the Chesapeake.
From Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
