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- 21-Oct-2003, 11:57 #1Anonymous Guest
the bum's rush? This line is from a movie.
"What, to give me the bum's rush?"
In this sentence, what is 'the bum's rush'?
Help me, plz.
- 21-Oct-2003, 12:47 #2
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- 21-Oct-2003, 12:55 #3
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If you give someone the bum's rush, you ignore them, like someone pretending to be in a hurry to walk past a bum (beggar).
- 21-Oct-2003, 15:17 #4
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Re: the bum's rush? James Cagney? In The Public Enemy?
Originally Posted by help me
To be given the bum's rush is to be violently ejected from some place. For a detailed explanation, go here: http://www.word-detective.com/122002.html#bumsrush Originally Posted by help me
Please read that. It's quite interesting.
:)
- 21-Oct-2003, 15:19 #5
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Perhaps you should watch more old American movies.
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