Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To charge at or into (a person or place).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To force one's way into; to
crash
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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If you see my aunt in a car or van in your visions heading toward West Philly, then bum-rush the van.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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 I also really liked the little “behind the scenes at Blackest Night” moment when Alexander Luthor of Earth-3 decides to avoid the zombie bum-rush and look up his old colleague in universal domination.
Dueling Review: Adventure Comics #4 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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If you see my aunt in a car or van in your visions heading toward West Philly, then bum-rush the van.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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But that requires a dialog with the public, not this attempt to bum-rush the voters with a heavy-handed sales campaign and a lame duck fait accompli.
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But that requires a dialog with the public, not this attempt to bum-rush the voters with a heavy-handed sales campaign and a lame duck fait accompli.
Art Levine: Labor Pushing Backbone Implant for Wavering Dems on Taxes, Social Security, Deficits Art Levine 2010
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But in the case of Bieber, the pace at which the search is happening appears as frenzied as the girls who bum-rush the pop star for autographs.
Justin Bieber's popularity has record companies searching for similar singers Monica Herrera 2010
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But that requires a dialog with the public, not this attempt to bum-rush the voters with a heavy-handed sales campaign and a lame duck fait accompli.
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I bum-rush the window and lift the heavy flannel sheet attached with duct tape.
HIGH BEFORE HOMEROOM MAYA SLOAN 2010
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But that requires a dialog with the public, not this attempt to bum-rush the voters with a heavy-handed sales campaign and a lame duck fait accompli.
Art Levine: Labor Pushing Backbone Implant for Wavering Dems on Taxes, Social Security, Deficits Art Levine 2010
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But that requires a dialog with the public, not this attempt to bum-rush the voters with a heavy-handed sales campaign and a lame duck fait accompli.
Art Levine: Labor Pushing Backbone Implant for Wavering Dems on Taxes, Social Security, Deficits Art Levine 2010
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