gap it
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Meaning · English
Of a white inhabitant of Rhodesia: to emigrate from the country during its transition to independence.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
[…] 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.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “gap it” mean?
Of a white inhabitant of Rhodesia: to emigrate from the country during its transition to independence.
Is “gap it” formal or informal?
gap it is generally slang.