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Meaning of mind the gap | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

Be careful of the gap between the vehicle and the platform it is near, in boarding or alighting due to the wide gaps between the train and platform that are caused by curved tracks and platforms in some stations.

Equivalents

Examples

“Don't tell me to mind the gap / I want my fucking money back!”
“I once interviewed the man who made the first 'Mind the Gap' announcement: the one that reverberated for about thirty years on the Central Line at Bank, on the Bakerloo at Waterloo, and on the northbound Northern Line at Embankment.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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