Gate Definition
Combined with keywords to form the names of scandals.
- To be dismissed or rejected.
- To discharge from a job.
- To reject or jilt.
- to subject (or be subjected) to dismissal
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Gate
- get the gate
- give (someone) the gate
- give (or get) the gate
Origin of Gate
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From Old English ġeat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą (“hole, opening”) (cf. Swedish/Dutch gat, Low German Gaat, Gööt), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰed-ye/o (“to defecate”) (cf. Albanian dhjes, Ancient Greek χέζω (khézō), Old Armenian ձետ (jet, “tail”), Avestan [script?] (zadah, “rump”)).
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From Old Norse gata, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. Cognate with Danish gade, Swedish gata, German Gasse (“lane”).
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Middle English from Old Norse gata ghē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old English geat
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Back-formation from Watergate.
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From Old English geat.
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After Watergate
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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