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gets out while the getting's good

gets out while the getting's good is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get out while the getting's good.

Meaning of get out while the getting's good

Verb

get out while the getting's good (third-person singular simple present gets out while the getting's good, present participle getting out while the getting's good, simple past got out while the getting's good, past participle (UK) got out while the getting's good or (US) gotten out while the getting's good)

  1. (colloquial) 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.1912, Sarah Comstock, The soddy, page 200
  2. (colloquial, idiomatic) 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.1924, “When You Put Through a Sale Without a Profit for Yourself Do You Call it a Sale?”, in James Artman, editor, The Commercial car journal, volume 28, page 9

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What is gets out while the getting's good the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets out while the getting's good is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get out while the getting's good.

Words near gets out while the getting's good in the dictionary

  1. gets out of someone's ear
  2. gets out of someone's face
  3. gets out of someone's hair
  4. gets out the vote
  5. gets out what one puts in
  6. gets out while the getting's good
  7. gets outside of
  8. gets over
  9. gets over on
  10. gets over oneself
  11. gets over the line

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