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GIVE THE GATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Terminate a relationship abruptly

Example:

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

Synonyms:

give the axe; give the bounce; give the gate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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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