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gazumped
We have found lemma(root) word of gazumped : gazump.
Definitions
[ɡəˈzʌmp], (Verb)
Definitions:
- make a higher offer for a house than (someone whose offer has already been accepted by the seller) and thus succeed in acquiring the property
(e.g: the trio are fuming after they were gazumped by a property speculator)
- swindle (someone)
(e.g: I gazumped a friend of mine with complete success last night)
Phrases:
Origin
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1920s (in gazump): from Yiddish gezumph ‘overcharge’. gazump dates from the 1970s
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