HyperDic: give_the_gate

English > 1 sense of the expression *give the gate*:
VERB	change	give the gate, give the axe, give the bounce	terminate a relationship / relationship abruptly

English > *give the gate*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	terminate a relationship / relationship abruptly.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody something
Synonyms	give the axe, give the bounce
Broader	separate, part, split up, split, break, break up	discontinue an association / association / association or relation
Spanish	cortar, dar puerta, terminar con