get out while the getting's good
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get out while the getting's good
verb gets out while the getting's good · getting out while the getting's good · got out while the getting's good · gotten out while the getting's good
- To leave at an opportune time or before adverse conditions arise. Take your choice; get out while the getting's good, or we'll boom Glad-hand by starting a Boot Hill right here." A Boot Hill! Grinch reflected.
- To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc. while conditions are good, particularly in anticipation of a drop in prices. It costs pretty near as much to sell a used truck as a new one and there is usually ... close down business right away and get out while the getting's good.
