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gapped it

gapped it is the simple past and past participle of gap it.

Meaning of gap it

Verb

gap it (third-person singular simple present gaps it, present participle gapping it, simple past and past participle gapped it)

  1. (historical, slang) Of a white inhabitant of Rhodesia: to emigrate from the country during its transition to independence.
    • […] but that he would out-think and out-manoeuvre whatever they could throw at us and if we had to gap it because the odds were insurmountable, who better to be with than Darrell.2015, Hannes Wessels, A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia, page 265
    Synonyms:
    take the gap

Questions about gapped it

What is gapped it the simple past and past participle of?
Gapped it is the simple past and past participle of gap it.

Words near gapped it in the dictionary

  1. gapmers
  2. GAPO syndrome
  3. Gappa
  4. Gappas
  5. gapped
  6. gapped it
  7. gapped scale
  8. gapped scales
  9. gapper
  10. gappers
  11. gappier

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