the bum's rush

noun phrase

chiefly US, informal

: the act of forcing someone to leave a position or place

The mayor is likely to get the bum's rush in next year's election.

They gave him the bum's rush.

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Thanks in part to the depth of U.S. influence in Egypt, Obama got his wish: Mubarak, a U.S. ally of 30 years, was given the bum's rush. —

Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2011

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