Usually means: Aggressively charge towards someone unexpectedly.
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  1. bum-rush: Merriam-Webster
  2. bum-rush: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bum-rush: Wordnik
  4. bum-rush: Wiktionary
  5. bum-rush: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. bum-rush: Dictionary.com

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  1. Bum-Rush: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bum-rush)

▸ verb:  (transitive, informal) To force one's way into; to crash.
▸ verb:  (transitive, informal) To forcibly overpower a person.

Similar:
bumrush, onrush, rush, inrush, bull, frush, dirty rush, rash, burst, rush in, more...

Opposite:
evacuate, retreat, withdraw, disperse

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Similar:
bumrush, onrush, rush, inrush, bull, frush, dirty rush, rash, burst, rush in, more...

Opposite:
evacuate, retreat, withdraw, disperse



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