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Elvis has left the building en · X

Pronunciation

Etymology

Announced by promoter Al Dvorin at the end of Elvis Presley's concerts in the 1970s as a means to prevent pandemonium and mobbing.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) A phrase used to announce the end of a show, usually one performed by an Elvis impersonator.
    • That '50s look can do one / Elvis has definitely left the fucking building 2020, “TCR”, in All That Glue, performed by Sleaford Mods:

Deriveds

has left the building