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Originally posted by dtb
This was the subject of a discussion between my husband and me the other day. What exactly do you mean by "bum rushed"? He says it means something or other that I don't think it means (and I won't say who thinks what, so as not to influence your answer -- and I'm not sayin' which way I think you'd be influenced.)
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OK, I'm going by memory, but I'm sure someone's out there googling this one. Bum's rush is a "quick escort" out of a place. The term bumming around comes from (I think it was the depression) when the unemployed (bums) would hang out in large groups. Police would disperse by "quickly escorting" the bums out of restaurants, bars, alleys, etc. Hence the bum's rush.
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