Wiktionary
vb. 1 To fire a gun. 2 (context idiomatic English) To commit to a course of action. 3 (context soccer idiomatic intransitive English) To shoot, kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
Usage examples of "pull the trigger".
You're inventive, so find a parallel here and for Christ's sake pull the trigger like you did with him, our bona fide Jason Bourne!
Hate to think you'd pull the trigger and blow your toe off - or some part slightly more vital.
My brain told me to pull the trigger but my finger wouldn't respond.
Yeah, the innocent people were nicely to one side, but bullets are determined little things, once you pull the trigger they will hit something.
She'd proved in Potosi that she could use one, would pull the trigger at least .
If you point a gun and pull the trigger, the bullets will not seek out living creatures with some preternatural, malevolent intelligence.
Giernas raised his rifle to put the man out of his misery, but before he could pull the trigger an Indian woman came after the Tartessian cook.
The Soviet ground radar controller was usually responsible for everything-terrain clearance, vectoring toward the intruder, closure, firing position-he did everything but pull the trigger.
And you can pull the trigger without remorse when you are able to match your enemy's hatred with pure hatred of your own.
Jack's mind conveniently left him, and his fingers were able to point the Uzi straight at the creature's chest and pull the trigger back.