BUM'S RUSH
bum's rush: translation
*the bum's rush
hurrying someone out of a place. (As someone might quickly escort a vagrant from a fancy restaurant. *Typically:
get \bum's rush
; give someone \bum's rush.) •
The young customer in the jewelry store was getting the bum's rush until he pulled out an enormous roll of bills.
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Bill got the bum's rush at the restaurant because he didn't have a tie on.
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{n. phr.}, {slang} Throwing or pushing someone out from where he is not wanted. * /When John tried to go to the party where he was not invited, Bill and Fred gave him the bum's rush./ * /Tom became too noisy, and he got the bum's rush./ 2. To hurry or rush (someone). * /The salesman tried to give me the bum's rush./