squeeze the trigger

He was going to, but I squeezed the trigger first.

He was about to squeeze the trigger and take a life.

But he could not bring himself to squeeze the trigger.

She squeezed the trigger and closed her eyes at the same time.

He loved the way it felt to squeeze the trigger.

Then he took a deep breath and squeezed the trigger.

He let out half a breath, then squeezed the trigger through.

She'd kept them open, level, watching as he squeezed the trigger.

He let out half his breath and squeezed the trigger.

The character really looked as if he might squeeze the trigger, and there wasn't a thing I could do about it.