stop a bullet
verb1
Idiomatic To be shot; to receive a bullet in one's body.
- 'Stopped a bullet, but Miss Mary, she reckons as how she knows someone what can patch him up.'2015, Annie Burrows, A Mistress For Major Bartlett:
- He stopped a bullet with the back of his head after it had gone through a stop sign. You could say he's lucky to be alive — the bullet expended most of its energy before it hit him.2024, Lane Metcalf, To Set a Prisoner Free:
1 more example
- Frank G. Slaughter, In a Dark Garden I regret to add that he was but ill repaid for his loyalty — for he stopped a bullet when they fired the house and we were forced to run for our lives.