Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get out of dodge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: get out of -dodge
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To leave, especially to leave a difficult or dangerous environment with all possible haste.

American usage

Example Sentences

"The pulp mills, he predicts, "are going to just high-grade all the best trees and get the hell out of Dodge.""
"When Jasper surfaced, Skiles thought to himself, Woody will come through. He'll find the way. He always gets us out of predicaments like this. Now that he's back it's just a matter or gearing up, getting in the water and getting the hell out of Dodge."

Etymology

An allusion to Dodge City, Kansas, a busy cattle town in the late 19th century notorious for gunfighters, gambling, brothels and saloons. Possibly inspired by the radio and television series Gunsmoke (1952–1975).

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

gets out of Dodge (present, singular) getting out of Dodge (participle, present) got out of Dodge (past) gotten out of Dodge (participle, past)

Questions

What does get out of dodge mean?: To leave, especially to leave a difficult or dangerous environment with all possible haste.
Where does get out of dodge come from?: An allusion to Dodge City, Kansas, a busy cattle town in the late 19th century notorious for gunfighters, gambling, brothels and saloons. Possibly inspired by the radio and television series Gunsmoke (1952–1975).

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