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nope out

nope out verb: to leave a place or abandon a situation or activity, usually quickly, because of feelings of fear or disgust.

Verb

nope out (third-person singular simple present nopes out, present participle noping out, simple past and past participle noped out)

  1. (Canada, US, intransitive, slang) To leave a place or abandon a situation or activity, usually quickly, because of feelings of fear or disgust.
    • Noped outta there real quick.
    • Van got a really bad feeling in the pit of his stomach, Dallas was right, he should have 'noped-out' of the whole situation. Such thoughts were simply moot at this stage however.2016, Joshua Causer, A Slacker's Road Map of The Universe

Forms of nope out

third-person singular presentnopes out
present participlenoping out
past participlenoped out
pastnoped out

Origin of nope out

21st century. From the idea of saying nope and getting out; compare bow out (v.i.), peace out (v.i.), and laugh away (v.t.), which illustrate similar metonymic formation of a troponym.

Words formed from nope out

Questions about nope out

What does nope out mean?
Nope out means to leave a place or abandon a situation or activity, usually quickly, because of feelings of fear or disgust.
What part of speech is nope out?
Nope out is a verb.
What is the past tense of nope out?
The past tense of nope out is noped out.

Words near nope out in the dictionary

  1. nopalry
  2. nopals
  3. NOPAT
  4. NOPD
  5. nope
  6. nope out
  7. nope outta
  8. nope rope
  9. nope ropes
  10. NOPEC
  11. noped

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