take the gap

English

Verb

take the gap (third-person singular simple present takes the gap, present participle taking the gap, simple past took the gap, past participle taken the gap)

  1. (slang, historical) Synonym of gap it (“leave Rhodesia”).
    • 2014, Preller Geldenhuys, Rhodesian Air Force Operations, page 283:
      Even the Thornhill CO, Dag Jones, “took the gap”.
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