Idiom
bum's rush
Meaning
The forcible ejection of someone, such as a bum or a hobo, from an establishment.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The bouncer gave the loud man the bum's rush.”
“After the customer started a fight in the bar, the manager gave him the bum's rush.”
“The security guards were instructed to give the bum's rush to anyone attempting to disrupt the private gala without an invitation.”
Examples
simple
“The bouncer gave the loud man the bum's rush.”
contextual
“After the customer started a fight in the bar, the manager gave him the bum's rush.”
complex
“The security guards were instructed to give the bum's rush to anyone attempting to disrupt the private gala without an invitation.”
Origin
* First use appears c. 1911. See cite below. * Although Baumes law has been suggested as the origin, bum's rush was in use more than a decade before that law was passed.
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