through the gate
Past the barrier
Through the gate describes passage from one side of a gate to the other, implying entry or exit: The children ran through the gate into the garden.
In horse racing, it refers to the starting gate: The horses broke cleanly through the gate.
Figuratively, it can mark a threshold or point of no return: Once you're through the gate, there's no going back.
- doorwayPassage into a room
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- portalImposing entrance or gate
- rite of passageTransition-marking ceremony
- entrancePoint of access
boundary · liminality · crossing · passageway · transformation · archway · threshold · frontier · exit · metamorphosis · edge · liberation · new beginning · awakening · division · journey · corridor · checkpoint
through the gatebarred from entry
shut out · locked out · kept out · on the outside · excluded
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