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through the gate

through the gate prepositional phrase: through a gap between the bat and the batsman's shin pad.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (slang) Through a gap between the bat and the batsman's shin pad.

Questions about through the gate

What does through the gate mean?
Through the gate means through a gap between the bat and the batsman's shin pad.
What part of speech is through the gate?
Through the gate is a prepositional phrase.

Words near through the gate in the dictionary

  1. through stone
  2. through stones
  3. through street
  4. through the ceiling
  5. through the floor
  6. through the gate
  7. through the hawsehole
  8. through the looking glass
  9. through the looking-glass
  10. through the mill
  11. through the roof

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