get out of Dodge

动词 v.
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英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To leave, especially to leave a difficult or dangerous environment with all possible haste. idiomatic
    — The pulp mills, he predicts, "are going to just high-grade all the best trees and get the hell out of Dodge."

词形变化

gets out of Dodge present,singular,third-person getting out of Dodge participle,present got out of Dodge past gotten out of Dodge participle,past

词源

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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