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bum's rush

noun

Etymology

* 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.

Definitions

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

    • "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[.]

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