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Elvis has left the building

Elvis has left the building phrase: a phrase used to announce the end of a show, usually one performed by an Elvis impersonator.

Phrase

Elvis has left the building

  1. (idiomatic) A phrase used to announce the end of a show, usually one performed by an Elvis impersonator.
    • That '50s look can do one / Elvis has definitely left the fucking building2020, “TCR”, in All That Glue, performed by Sleaford Mods

Origin of Elvis has left the building

Announced by promoter Al Dvorin at the end of Elvis Presley's concerts in the 1970s as a means to prevent pandemonium and mobbing.

Words formed from Elvis has left the building

Questions about Elvis has left the building

What does Elvis has left the building mean?
Elvis has left the building means a phrase used to announce the end of a show, usually one performed by an Elvis impersonator.
What part of speech is Elvis has left the building?
Elvis has left the building is a phrase.

Words near Elvis has left the building in the dictionary

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