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bum's rush	Forcible ejection from an establishment, as of a bum (hobo); someone trying to get you to leave abruptly (quickly).	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
bum around	To wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
Bim, BEM, Bum	Retro art composition; composition stereotypical for the cover art of mid-20th-century science fiction pulp magazines.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bum chum	A male’s homosexual partner..	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bum out	To cause a person to be depressed or disappointed.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bum rap	A false accusation, or an injustice, especially one that leads to imprisonment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bum rap	An undeservedly unfavorable portrayal or reputation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bum rush	Storming into an establishment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bum steer	Bad advice, regardless of intention.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
corporate welfare bum	A business corporation or business executive receiving significant financial assistance from government sources.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
freak out	A positive experience with LSD or other psychedelic drug; bummer, bum trip.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
knock some sense into his head	Depression Expression: During the Depression, there was little empathy for the unemployed. Pundits identified the loafer, the hobo, the bum, the specified lazy-boy, the uninspired, those lacking ambition as needing a wakeup Call.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)