get the gate
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get the gate
To be dismissed or spurned. I'm trying to sell these vacuums door to door, and I'm getting the gate left and right!
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get the gate
Inf. to be sent away; to be rejected. I thought he liked me, but I got the gate. I was afraid I'd get the gate, and I was right.
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get the gate
AMERICANIf someone gets the gate, they are sent away or told that they are not wanted. He was replaced for a time by the respected Emanuel Steward, who also eventually got the gate. Note: You can also say that someone is given the gate. Both competitors were given the gate for breaking the rules.
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get (or be given) the gate
be dismissed from a job. North American informalFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
get the gate
Slang To be dismissed or rejected.
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