slap leather
Reach for holster
Slap leather is Old West slang for drawing a gun from a holster, the leather being the holster itself.
The phrase evokes frontier gunfights and duels: He told the outlaw to slap leather or get out of town.
Now used nostalgically or in Western fiction, sometimes extended to mean preparing for any confrontation.
- gunfightArmed combat with firearms
- quickdrawRapid weapon retrieval
- holsterSidearm carrying case
- six shooterRevolver holding half-dozen rounds
- cowboyMounted cattle herder
fastest gun · wild west · deadeye · western · shootout · desperado · high noon · OK Corral · revolver · draw down · pistol · showdown · bite the bullet · gunslinger · firearm · standoff · duel · draw
- dance stepsbasic step, side step, back step, forward step, cross step
aggression/peace
slap leatherstand down
Withdraw from readiness
make peace · bury the hatchet · surrender · back down · throw up one's hands
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