Meaning of bum's rush | Babel Free

Definitions

The forcible ejection of someone, such as a bum or a hobo, from an establishment.

US, idiomatic, slang

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Examples

“"I didnt' think⟳ you fellows'd put⟳ the bum's rush⟳ onto me," he complained, "I ain't no bum."”

“It seems that the board⟳ appointed to look⟳ into alleged shortcomings of leftish Council leaders didn't like⟳ the "observers" who were brought along and decided to give⟳ them the bum's rush⟳.”

“At that point⟳ Duck got the bum’s rush⟳ from the organising Miss⟳ Bowen[.]”

“But suddenly he has a lucid interval . . . senses exactly what is going on. And he gives me this furious look⟳. Astonishes me by saying, with all the old force⟳, in his old, frightening growl: “This is a bum's rush⟳!””

“Early last⟳ September, some fellow beekeepers reported that the females in their bee colonies had already given the bum's rush⟳ to the males, the drones, kicking them out in the cold.”

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