Bum-s-rush–the
bum’s rush, the
The ejection of a person by force, esp from a public place: Dey gimme de bum’s rush/ You want us to give ’em the bum’s rush?
Any discourteous or summary dismissal: Those not in sympathy with the strike got the bum’s rush/ with Stanfill telling the press that she had given her husband ”the bum’s rush” (1920s+)
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