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make like a baby and head out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English

Syllables
make -like a baby and -head- out
IPA
45
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To leave, depart, go out.

Humorous

Etymology

A pun on head out (“depart for another place”) and the idea of a newborn baby emerging headfirst from the womb.

Usage

Inflected Forms

makes like a baby and heads out (present, singular) making like a baby and heading out (participle, present) made like a baby and headed out (participle, past) made like a baby and headed out (past)

Synonyms

make like a banana and split make like a tree and leave

Questions

What does make like a baby and head out mean?
To leave, depart, go out.
Where does make like a baby and head out come from?
A pun on head out (“depart for another place”) and the idea of a newborn baby emerging headfirst from the womb.

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