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bums in seats

bums in seats noun: spectators, passengers, or customers in attendance at a venue or other place where people assemble.

Noun

bums in seats pl (plural only)

  1. (Commonwealth, informal, plural, plural-only) Spectators, passengers, or customers in attendance at a venue or other place where people assemble.
    • Travel industry analyst Doug Galbraith of Runzheimer Canada speculated the airline came up with the card because it was simply "in need of getting bums in seats.1989 February 28, Rob Carrick, “Wardair Offer Urged Executives to Pay $18,000 for Year's Travel”, in Toronto Star (Canadian Press), page B8
    • Wrestlers and promoters began to realise opportunities for gimmicks with broad appeal which would be used to put bums in seats.2007 October 26, “Meet the Pro-Wrestlers of Auckland”, in New Zealand Herald, archived from the original on 30 May 2013

Synonyms of bums in seats

Forms of bums in seats

alternative formbums on seats

Questions about bums in seats

What does bums in seats mean?
Bums in seats means spectators, passengers, or customers in attendance at a venue or other place where people assemble.
What part of speech is bums in seats?
Bums in seats is a noun.

Words near bums in seats in the dictionary

  1. bumrushed
  2. bumrushes
  3. bumrushing
  4. bums
  5. bums around
  6. bums in seats
  7. bums on seats
  8. bums out
  9. bumshoving
  10. bumsicle
  11. bumsicles

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