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Phrases with «hair trigger»
The phrase
"hair trigger"
means being easily set off or provoked into a quick and extreme reaction, just like a firearm ready to fire at the slightest touch.
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trigger
(parent phrase)
hair
(parent phrase)
hair trigger
Sentences with «hair trigger»
Far from living on a deeply resilient planet, we live on a planet
with hair triggers
.
(
newscientist.com
)
The triggers have these shiny green switches beneath them that let you turn them
into hair triggers
at a moment's notice.
(
gizmodo.com
)
I have an
automatic hair trigger
alarm response when I hear the words «self» and «publish» in the same sentence.
(
amyjlbaker.com
)
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Definition of HAIR TRIGGER
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