Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get big or get out

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.41 in modern English

Syllables: get big or get out
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

An exhortation and admonition to family farms as businesses, or to other businesses in other industries, that they need to either expand their operations and capitalization or be outcompeted (by those who do so) and thus go out of business.

Etymology

Popularized by (and perhaps coined by) Earl Butz, a U.S. secretary of agriculture in the 1970s.

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does get big or get out mean?: An exhortation and admonition to family farms as businesses, or to other businesses in other industries, that they need to either expand their operations and capitalization or be outcompeted (by those who do so) and thus go out of business.
Where does get big or get out come from?: Popularized by (and perhaps coined by) Earl Butz, a U.S. secretary of agriculture in the 1970s.

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