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has left the building

has left the building phrase: (Someone or something) is gone and never coming back.

Phrase

has left the building

  1. (humorous, idiomatic) (Someone or something) is gone and never coming back.
    • Organisational capital is typically described as dead. It is what has been left behind after human capital has left the building.2008, Jan Mouritsen, Organisational Capital: Modelling, Measuring and Contextualising, Routledge, →ISBN, page 24
    • The quality-control department has left the building and anyone with a halfdecent memory of a half-remembered match is out there publishing his memoirs. The scraps, the scrapes, the sessions — oh, what fun we had. Except we didn't have much fun, did we? Most of them are poor.2012, Fred Eyre, Kicked into Touch: Plus Extra Time, Random House, →ISBN, page 9

Examples of has left the building in a sentence

  • When a Risk Taker gets a hold of an idea, reason has left the building.2012, Bethany Palmer, The 5 Money Personalities: Speaking the Same Love and Money ..., Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 29:
  • Sales 1.0 —and its outdated and ineffective sales tactics— has left the building.2013, Josiane Feigon, Smart Sales Manager: The Ultimate Playbook for Building and ..., AMACOM, →ISBN, page 47:

Origin of has left the building

Derived from Elvis has left the building.

Questions about has left the building

What does has left the building mean?
Has left the building means (Someone or something) is gone and never coming back.
How do you use has left the building in a sentence?
When a Risk Taker gets a hold of an idea, reason has left the building.
What part of speech is has left the building?
Has left the building is a phrase.

Words near has left the building in the dictionary

  1. has it out
  2. has it out for
  3. has it rough
  4. has Jesus in one's heart
  5. has kittens
  6. has left the building
  7. has legs
  8. has little time for
  9. has mercy
  10. has more chins than a Chinese phone book
  11. has more chins than a Chinese phonebook

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