bum-rush

[buhm-ruhsh]

verb (used with object)

Slang.

1. to force one's way into; crash.

   to bum-rush a rap concert.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bum-rush¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

He said his departure was as abrupt as the firing, saying he was given a “bum-rush … out of the office.”

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But he was pushed away in what he called a “bum-rush” of people — and then a bullet hit the back of his knee.

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He said one of the men, Paul Bellar, wanted to “bum-rush the Capitol. … I could tell the adrenaline was starting to flow.”

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"Democratic partisans used a carefully concocted myth, a lie, to bum-rush America into overturning the old order and handing them much more power," continued Carlson.

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It’s one thing to pummel a Pomeranz or to batter a Blach; it’s another to bum-rush a Bumgarner.

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