Gate and Jail

Gate

Gate verb - Supply with a gate.

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Jail and gate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Jail" instead a verb "Gate".

Nearby Words: gat, gateway, gated, gatehouse, gating

Jail verb - To put in or as if in prison.

Usage example: threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked

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Gate and jail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gate" instead a verb "Jail".

Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

old	old gate	old jail
special	special gate	special jail
closed	closed gate	closed jail
certain	certain gate	certain jail
Other adjectives: alien, small, actual, built, big, personal, new, outside, hidden, titular, different, nearby, magical.

When they go to break Sarah out of jail, the T-800 shoots the gate guard in the leg, and steals his keys.

Source: Exact Words / Live-Action Films
Did the language professor Tramp tricked to get in the zoo ever talk his way out of getting thrown in jail by the police officer guarding the gate?

Source: Disney / Lady and the Tramp
Rather than accept a trip back to jail (more proverbial than physical in Marle's case), the three of them jump into the nearby Gate instead.

Source: Oh Crap / Video Games

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