take the gap

verb

Synonym of gap it (“leave Rhodesia”).

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Meanings

verbtake the gap (third-person singular simple present takes the gap, present participle taking the gap, simple past took the gap, past participle taken the gap)

present singular third person takes the gap · participle present taking the gap · past took the gap · participle past taken the gap

  1. historicalslangSynonym of gap it (“leave Rhodesia”).

    Even the Thornhill CO, Dag Jones, “took the gap”.

    2014, Preller Geldenhuys, Rhodesian Air Force Operations, page 283

    Synonyms: gap it

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of gap it (“leave Rhodesia”).

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APA

take the gap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20the%20gap

MLA

“take the gap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20the%20gap. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take the gap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20the%20gap.

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