break gates (English, verb)
expansion: break gates (third-person singular simple present breaks gates, present participle breaking gates, simple past broke gates, past participle broken gates)
Senses:
qualifier: universities
glosses: To enter an Oxford or Cambridge college enclosure after the hour to which a student has been restricted.
tags: UK
dated
idiomatic
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, gates.
Forms:
form: breaks gates
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: breaking gates
tags: participle
present
form: broke gates
tags: past
form: broken gates
tags: participle
past