get out of Dodge
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get out of Dodge
Where it comes from
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).
verb gets out of Dodge · getting out of Dodge · got out of Dodge · gotten out of Dodge
- 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."
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verb Translations
| Español | desaparecer, largarse de una puta vez, salir cagando leches |
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| Français | vider les lieux, lever le camp, ficher le camp, décamper |
| Deutsch | eine Fliege machen |
| Italiano | togliersi dalle palle |
| Русский | рвать ко́гти rvatʹ kógti, зада́ть стрекача́ zadátʹ strekačá, дра́пать drápatʹ |
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