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make like a banana and split en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

A pun on banana split and split (“to depart”).

Meanings

  1. (humorous, idiomatic) To leave, depart.
    • “Don't go anywhere,” she said, like she was a mind reader and could tell that I was already thinking that the second she turned around, me and Charlie should make like a banana and split. 2010 April 6, Sandra Kring, How High the Moon, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 56:
    • if he's gone, maybe we should make like a banana and split. We could pack it all up and head out west somewhere. 2021 June 29, Jason Mott, Hell of a Book, Penguin, →ISBN, page 6:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
made like a banana and split Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
made like a banana and split Tense=Past lexicographic
making like a banana and splitting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
makes like a banana and splits Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

make like a baby and head out · make like a tree and leave