crash the gates
Example Sentences
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Hundreds without tickets tried to crash the gates at various intervals throughout the weekend.
From Chicago Tribune • Aug. 8, 2011
Clay A. Bienvenu, who boasted that because he bears a startling resemblance to Cardinal Spellman he was able to "crash the gates" at an important beatification ceremony.
From Time Magazine Archive
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With a crash the gates were closed and a joyous laugh rang out from the exultant throat of Hollingsworth Chase.
From The Man from Brodney's by McCutcheon, George Barr