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gotten out of Dodge

gotten out of Dodge is the past participle 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 gotten out of Dodge

What is gotten out of Dodge the past participle of?
Gotten out of Dodge is the past participle of get out of Dodge.

Words near gotten out of Dodge in the dictionary

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

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