pepper someone or something with something

pepper someone or something with something
pepper someone or something with something
to shower someone or something with something, such as stones, bullets, etc. •

The angry crowd peppered the police with stones.

The sheriff 's posse peppered the bandit's hideout with bullets.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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