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bum's rush

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*bum's rush
hurrying someone out of a place. (As someone might quickly escort a vagrant from a fancy restaurant. *Typically: get ~; give someone ~.) The young customer in the jewelry store was getting the bum's rush until he pulled out an enormous roll of bills. Bill got the bum's rush at the restaurant because he didn't have a tie on.
See also: rush


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Selya also looked at early Tharp dances like Eight Jelly Rolls and Bum's Rush.
For the uninitiated, a bum's rush is riding a skateboard while sitting or lying on it.
Hahn tried to give the public the bum's rush by limiting public input to a mere 45 days but agreed to double that under pressure.
 
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