get out of Dodge en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
An allusion to Dodge City, Kansas, a busy cattle town in the late 19th century notorious for gunfighters, gambling, brothels and saloons. Possibly inspired by the radio and television series Gunsmoke (1952–1975).
Meanings
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(US, idiomatic) To leave, especially to leave a difficult or dangerous environment with all possible haste.
The pulp mills, he predicts, "are going to just high-grade all the best trees and get the hell out of Dodge."
1988 November 3, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, 5, 1987, Volume 4, p. 94:When Jasper surfaced, Skiles thought to himself, Woody will come through. He'll find the way. He always gets us out of predicaments like this. Now that he's back it's just a matter or gearing up, getting in the water and getting the hell out of Dodge.
1999, Robert Forrest Burgess, The Cave Divers, →ISBN, page 298:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| getting out of Dodge | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| got out of Dodge | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| gets out of Dodge | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| gotten out of Dodge | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (15)
fr lever le camp (Translations) · ru рвать ко́гти (Translations) · es largarse de una puta vez (Translations) · it togliersi dalle palle (Translations) · pl uciekać (Translations) · ru зада́ть стрекача́ (Translations) · fr décamper (Translations) · es salir cagando leches (Translations) · es desaparecer (Translations) · fi ottaa hatkat (Translations) · fr vider les lieux (Translations) · pl uciec (Translations) · fr ficher le camp (Translations) · ru дра́пать (Translations) · de eine Fliege machen (Translations)