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How to understand the phrase "Get out of the dodge".
How to understand the phrase "Get out of the dodge".?
I met this phrase twice,but i just cann't get it.
Where did the phrase come from, and what's exactly meaning of it?
Thanks in advance.Sorry,it should be "Get out of dodge".
13 mai 2013 12:31
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A Dodge is a make of car, so it would mean to get out of the car, but I wonder if perhaps the phrase was "Get out of Dodge". Is this something you read, or something you heard? If it was actually "Get out of Dodge", then it means to leave a place and it refers to Dodge City, Kansas and comes from old cowboy movies.
13 mai 2013
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From urbandictionary.com:
To leave somewhere immediately, to evacuate or scram.
"Get the hell out of Dodge" is a reference to Dodge City, Kansas, which was a favorite location for westerns in the early to mid 20th century. Most memorably, the phrase was made famous by the TV show "Gunsmoke," in which villians were often commanded to "get the hell out of Dodge." The phrase took on its current meaning in the 1960s and 70s when teenagers began to use it in its current form.
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For your sentence, Dodge is a car brand, so "the Dodge" could mean to get out of the car.
13 mai 2013
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Compétences linguistiques
Chinois (mandarin), Anglais, Japonais, Coréen
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Anglais
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