crash the gate

crash the gate
{v. phr.}, {slang} To enter without a ticket or without paying; attend without an invitation or permission. * /Bob got into the circus without paying. He crashed the gate./ * /Three boys tried to crash the gate at our party but we didn't let them in./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • crash the gate — {v. phr.}, {slang} To enter without a ticket or without paying; attend without an invitation or permission. * /Bob got into the circus without paying. He crashed the gate./ * /Three boys tried to crash the gate at our party but we didn t let them …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • crash\ the\ gate — v. phr. slang To enter without a ticket or without paying; attend without an invitation or permission. Bob got into the circus without paying. He crashed the gate. Three boys tried to crash the gate at our party but we didn t let them in …   Словарь американских идиом

  • crash the gate — enter without a ticket or without paying or with no invitation Many people didn t have a ticket for the concert so they decided to crash the gate …   Idioms and examples

  • crash the gate — phrasal : to enter without paying or without authority or permission all the kids used to sneak in … they had a million ways of crashing the gate J.T.Farrell : enter successfully : make the grade he was the boy who made good, the outsider who… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Wolves at the gate (Buffy Comic) — Wolves at the Gate Wolves at the Gate Editeur Dark Horse Date(s) de Publication Partie 1 : mars 2008 Partie 2 : avril 2008 Partie 3 : mai 2008 Partie 4 : Juin 20 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Wolves at the Gate — Éditeur Dark Horse, Joss Whedon Date(s) de publication Partie 1 : mars 2008 Partie 2 : avril 2008 Partie 3 : mai 2008 Partie 4 : Juin 2008 Numéros 4 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • crash — crash1 crasher, n. /krash/, v.i. 1. to make a loud, clattering noise, as of something dashed to pieces. 2. to break or fall to pieces with noise. 3. (of moving vehicles, objects, etc.) to collide, esp. violently and noisily. 4. to move or go with …   Universalium

  • The Haunting (1999 film) — Infobox Film name = The Haunting caption = The Haunting film poster director = Jan de Bont producer = Donna Roth Colin Wilson writer = Shirley Jackson (novel) David Self Michael Tolkin (screenplay) starring = Lili Taylor Liam Neeson Catherine… …   Wikipedia

  • crash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. collision, shock, smash, shattering; failure, collapse, downfall; burst, blast. See destruction, impulse, loudness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A crashing sound] Syn. clatter, clash, bang; see noise 1 . 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • gate-crasher — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: from the phrase crash the gate : one that engages in gate crashing …   Useful english dictionary

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