mind the gap en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɑe̯nd ðə ˌɡæp/ (Australia)
- /-ˌɡap/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, also)
- /ˈmɑːjnɖ d̪e ˌɡa(ː)p/ (India)
- /ˈməjnɖ d̪e ˌɡa(ː)p/ (India)
- /ˈmaɪ̯nd ðə ˌɡæp/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /-ðʌ-/ (Scotland)
- mīnd′ thə găp′
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈmɑe̯nd ðə ˌɡɛp/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈmʌi̯nd ðə ˌɡap/ (Scotland)
- /ˈmʌɪ̯nd-/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈməi̯nd-/ (Scotland)
Meanings
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Be careful of the gap between the vehicle and the adjacent platform, while boarding or alighting.
I once interviewed the man who made the first 'Mind the Gap' announcement: the one that reverberated for about thirty years on the Central Line at Bank, on the Bakerloo at Waterloo, and on the northbound Northern Line at Embankment.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 220:Don't tell me to mind the gap / I want my fucking money back!
2005, “London Underground”, performed by Amateur Transplants:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| watch the gap | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
gl coidado co oco (be careful of the gap between vehicle and platform) · hu vigyázat, rés (be careful of the gap between vehicle and platform) · sv tänk på avståndet (be careful of the gap between vehicle and platform) · cmn 小心空隙 (be careful of the gap between vehicle and platform) · fi varokaa väliä (be careful of the gap between vehicle and platform) · fi varokaa rakoa (be careful of the gap between vehicle and platform) · hu kérjük, vigyázzanak a be- és kiszállásnál (be careful of the gap between vehicle and platform) · it attenzióne: allontanàrsi dàlla lìnea giàlla (be careful of the gap between vehicle and platform)