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making like a banana and splitting

making like a banana and splitting is the present participle and gerund of make like a banana and split.

Meaning of make like a banana and split

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

Questions about making like a banana and splitting

What is making like a banana and splitting the present participle and gerund of?
Making like a banana and splitting is the present participle and gerund of make like a banana and split.

Words near making like a banana and splitting in the dictionary

  1. making land
  2. making landfall
  3. making light of
  4. making light work of
  5. making like a baby and heading out
  6. making like a banana and splitting
  7. making like a tree
  8. making like a tree and leaving
  9. making like a treeing
  10. making little of
  11. making love

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