English Dictionary

gap it

動詞

歴史的 俗語

(slang, historical) Of a white inhabitant of Rhodesia: to emigrate from the country during its transition to independence.

日本語の意味

ローデシアの白人住民が、国の独立移行期に国外へ移住する（スラング、歴史的使用）

After the election, several white families decided to gap it, unsettled by the prospect of Rhodesia's transition to independence.

選挙の後、何家族かの白人家庭は、ローデシアの独立への移行の見通しに不安を感じて国外へ移住することに決めた。

意味（1）

(slang, historical) Of a white inhabitant of Rhodesia: to emigrate from the country during its transition to independence.

[…] but that he would out-think and out-manoeuvre whatever they could throw at us and if we had to gap it because the odds were insurmountable, who better to be with than Darrell.