walk the gangplank

present singular third person walks the gangplank · participle present walking the gangplank · participle past walked the gangplank · past walked the gangplank

1. Synonym of walk the plank.

   All passengers without permission to sail must walk the gangplank.

   2012, Rosalyn Rikel Ramage, The Graveyard, page 88

   2 more examples

   I couldn't figure out whether Porterfield was being patient, a rare occurrence, or whether he was cleverly setting me up to walk the gangplank of my career.

   2001, Richard Haddock, The Ninth Sabbat

   Then he made Lumpy Lawson the Ship's Cook, Bald Ben his First Mate, and told the twins he would make them walk the gangplank.

   2009, Jeremy Strong, The Indoor Pirates

   Synonyms: walk the plank

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, gangplank.

   We walk the gangplank together, locked arm in arm.

   2008, Kaiser Kuo, The Insider's Guide to Beijing 2005-2006