tirer un coup

to fire a shot; to have sex

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phrase Rare #34,903

to fire a shot; to have sex Informal expression. In contexts involving guns, it means “to fire a shot”; in sexual contexts, it is vulgar slang for “to have sex.”

FR: Tu veux tirer un coup ce soir ?

EN: Do you want to have sex tonight?

Et je vais peut-être tirer un coup.

And maybe I'll have a quickie.

Au lieu de tirer un coup, il se fait tirer dessus, mais personne m'écoute.

Instead of getting laid, he gets shot, but nobody listens to me.

— Blow Out (1981)

Venez les mecs, on n'aura pas de sitôt l'occasion de tirer un coup.

Come on, guys, we won't get another chance to get laid anytime soon.

— Le Bateau (1981)

Toi, le marié, tu dois tirer un coup ce week-end.

You, the groom, have to get laid this weekend.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Tu veux tirer un coup ?

Do you want to have sex?