What does take a bullet mean?

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take a bullet

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

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takes a bullet (present, singular) taking a bullet (participle, present) took a bullet (past) taken a bullet (participle, past)

What does take a bullet mean?: To purposely receive a gunshot that was intended for another.

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