mind the gap
/ˈmaɪ̯nd ðə ˌɡæp/
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Australia/ˈmɑe̯nd ðə ˌɡæp/
mind the gap verb: be careful of the gap between the vehicle and the adjacent platform, while boarding or alighting.
Verb
mind the gap
- Be careful of the gap between the vehicle and the adjacent platform, while boarding or alighting.
- Don't tell me to mind the gap / I want my fucking money back!2005, “London Underground”, performed by Amateur Transplants
- I once interviewed the man who made the first 'Mind the Gap' announcement: the one that reverberated for about thirty years on the Central Line at Bank, on the Bakerloo at Waterloo, and on the northbound Northern Line at Embankment.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 220
Forms of mind the gap
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Questions about mind the gap
- What does mind the gap mean?
- Mind the gap means be careful of the gap between the vehicle and the adjacent platform, while boarding or alighting.
- What part of speech is mind the gap?
- Mind the gap is a verb.
- How do you pronounce mind the gap?
- Mind the gap is pronounced /ˈmaɪ̯nd ðə ˌɡæp/ (UK).
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