gap, verb

Origin:
EnglishShow more English, probably elliptical form of to take the gap, see gap noun.
colloquial
In the phrase to gap it.
to take the gap (see gap noun sense b).
2005 J. van de Ruit Spud 316Lennox reckons that the truth of it is that many of these trekkers were actually scaly buggers on the run from the law and took the break and gapped it across the great Karoo!
2013 enewsletter.ukzn.ac.za (DSAE Corpus)I speculate that the erstwhile Durban pill pusher..may have increased overseas investment allowances just for a few such buddies who need to gap it before their enemies come looking.
2013 sarocks.co.za (DSAE Corpus)I too have immediate family who have gapped it to New Zealand, Australia or Britain.
2014 avforums.co.za (DSAE Corpus)We learnt that even a formidable leopard will heed to its instincts when faced with a pack of chattering wild dogs and gap it up the nearest tree.
to take the gap (see gap noun sense b).
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gap, nounn.gaps, verb transitivev.
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