"have one's finger on the trigger" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has one's finger on the trigger [present, singular, third-person], having one's finger on the trigger [participle, present], had one's finger on the trigger [participle, past], had one's finger on the trigger [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> one's finger on the trigger}} have one's finger on the trigger (third-person singular simple present has one's finger on the trigger, present participle having one's finger on the trigger, simple past and past participle had one's finger on the trigger)
  1. (idiomatic, informal, sarcastic) To be prepared to kill someone else or as with a firearm. Tags: idiomatic, informal, sarcastic
    Sense id: en-have_one's_finger_on_the_trigger-en-verb-fH~tN8Hu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
     
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