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getting out of Dodge

getting out of Dodge is the present participle and gerund 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...

Questions about getting out of Dodge

What is getting out of Dodge the present participle and gerund of?
Getting out of Dodge is the present participle and gerund of get out of Dodge.

Words near getting out of Dodge in the dictionary

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

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