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make like a banana and split

make like a banana and split verb: to leave, depart.

Verb

make like a banana and split (third-person singular simple present makes like a banana and splits, present participle making like a banana and splitting, simple past and past participle made like a banana and split)

  1. (humorous, idiomatic) To leave, depart.
    • “Don't go anywhere,” she said, like she was a mind reader and could tell that I was already thinking that the second she turned around, me and Charlie should make like a banana and split.2010 April 6, Sandra Kring, How High the Moon, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 56
    • if he's gone, maybe we should make like a banana and split. We could pack it all up and head out west somewhere.2021 June 29, Jason Mott, Hell of a Book, Penguin, →ISBN, page 6

Synonyms of make like a banana and split

Forms of make like a banana and split

third-person singular presentmakes like a banana and splits
present participlemaking like a banana and splitting
past participlemade like a banana and split
pastmade like a banana and split

Origin of make like a banana and split

A pun on banana split and split (“to depart”).

Questions about make like a banana and split

What does make like a banana and split mean?
Make like a banana and split means to leave, depart.
What part of speech is make like a banana and split?
Make like a banana and split is a verb.
What is the past tense of make like a banana and split?
The past tense of make like a banana and split is made like a banana and split.

Words near make like a banana and split in the dictionary

  1. make lemonade
  2. make light of
  3. make light work of
  4. make like
  5. make like a baby and head out
  6. make like a banana and split
  7. make like a tree
  8. make like a tree and leave
  9. make little of
  10. make love
  11. make love to the camera

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