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gets out of Dodge

gets out of Dodge is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get out of Dodge.

Meaning of get out of Dodge

Verb

get out of Dodge (third-person singular simple present gets out of Dodge, present participle getting out of Dodge, simple past got out of Dodge, past participle gotten out of Dodge)

  1. (US, idiomatic) 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."1988 November 3, 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, 5, 1987...

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What is gets out of Dodge the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets out of Dodge is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get out of Dodge.

Words near gets out of Dodge in the dictionary

  1. gets open
  2. gets out
  3. gets out from under
  4. gets out of
  5. gets out of bed on the wrong side
  6. gets out of Dodge
  7. gets out of here
  8. gets out of someone's ear
  9. gets out of someone's face
  10. gets out of someone's hair
  11. gets out the vote

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