"do not pass go, do not collect £200" meaning in English

See do not pass go, do not collect £200 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

Etymology: From the board game Monopoly, where it was written on cards that sent the player's piece directly to jail. Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=do not pass go, do not collect £200}} do not pass go, do not collect £200
  1. A phrase telling someone to pursue a path directly without deviations. Categories (topical): Monopoly Synonyms: do not pass go, do not collect $200 [US] Related terms: don't pass go
    Sense id: en-do_not_pass_go,_do_not_collect_£200-en-phrase-tltUvHJ7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English negative polarity items, English reduplications, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "etymology_text": "From the board game Monopoly, where it was written on cards that sent the player's piece directly to jail.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "do not pass go, do not collect £200"
      },
      "expansion": "do not pass go, do not collect £200",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English negative polarity items",
          "parents": [
            "Negative polarity items",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English reduplications",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Monopoly",
          "orig": "en:Monopoly",
          "parents": [
            "Board games",
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A phrase telling someone to pursue a path directly without deviations."
      ],
      "id": "en-do_not_pass_go,_do_not_collect_£200-en-phrase-tltUvHJ7",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "don't pass go"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "do not pass go, do not collect $200"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "do not pass go, do not collect £200"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From the board game Monopoly, where it was written on cards that sent the player's piece directly to jail.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "do not pass go, do not collect £200"
      },
      "expansion": "do not pass go, do not collect £200",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "don't pass go"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English negative polarity items",
        "English phrases",
        "English reduplications",
        "English terms spelled with numbers",
        "English terms spelled with £",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Monopoly"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A phrase telling someone to pursue a path directly without deviations."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "do not pass go, do not collect $200"
    }
  ],
  "word": "do not pass go, do not collect £200"
}

Download raw JSONL data for do not pass go, do not collect £200 meaning in English (0.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.