Meanings
verb
alternative watch the gap
- rail transportBe 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 Transplants1 more example
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
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 小心空隙
- 小心空隙 (xiǎoxīn kòngxì)be careful of the gap between vehicle and platform
Finnish varokaa väliä, varokaa rakoa
- varokaa väliäbe careful of the gap between vehicle and platform
- varokaa rakoabe careful of the gap between vehicle and platform
Hungarian vigyázat, rés, kérjük, vigyázzanak a be- és kiszállásnál
- vigyázat, résbe careful of the gap between vehicle and platform
- kérjük, vigyázzanak a be- és kiszállásnálbe careful of the gap between vehicle and platform
Italian attenzióne: allontanàrsi dàlla lìnea giàlla
- attenzióne: allontanàrsi dàlla lìnea giàllabe careful of the gap between vehicle and platform
Swedish tänk på avståndet
- tänk på avståndetbe careful of the gap between vehicle and platform
Cite this entry
APA
mind the gap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mind%20the%20gap
MLA
“mind the gap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mind%20the%20gap. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mind the gap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mind%20the%20gap.
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