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gate fever

gate fever noun: the anxious excitement felt by a prisoner whose release is imminent.

Noun

gate fever (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) The anxious excitement felt by a prisoner whose release is imminent.

Questions about gate fever

What does gate fever mean?
Gate fever means the anxious excitement felt by a prisoner whose release is imminent.
What part of speech is gate fever?
Gate fever is a noun.

Words near gate fever in the dictionary

  1. gate crashed
  2. gate crasher
  3. gate crashers
  4. gate crashes
  5. gate crashing
  6. gate fever
  7. gate guard
  8. gate guardian
  9. gate guardians
  10. gate guards
  11. gate house

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