English

Verb

get out of Dodge

1. (US, idiomatic) To leave, especially to leave a difficult or dangerous environment with all possible haste.
   • 1988, "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," November 3 and 5, 1987, Volume 4, p. 94:

     The pulp mills, he predicts, "are going to just high-grade all the best trees and get the **** out of Dodge."

   • 1999, Robert Forrest Burgess, The Cave Divers, ISBN 9781881652113, p. 298:

     When Jasper surfaced, Skiles though 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 **** out of Dodge.

Usage notes

• Often used with the **** as an intensifier. (See also the **** out of.)

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