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got out of Dodge

got out of Dodge is the simple past 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 got out of Dodge

What is got out of Dodge the simple past of?
Got out of Dodge is the simple past of get out of Dodge.

Words near got out of Dodge in the dictionary

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

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