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GIVE THE GATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does give the gate mean? 

GIVE THE GATE (verb)
  The verb GIVE THE GATE has 1 sense:

1. terminate a relationship abruptlyplay

  Familiarity information: GIVE THE GATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GIVE THE GATE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Terminate a relationship abruptly

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

give the axe; give the bounce; give the gate

Context example:

Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman

Hypernyms (to "give the gate" is one way to...):

break; break up; part; separate; split; split up (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody something


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