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Idiom idiom

get out of here


An exclamation of disbelief.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

You won the lottery? Get out of here!

CONTEXTUAL

When he told me he was moving to another country tomorrow, I said, get out of here!

COMPLEX

I stared at him in total disbelief and muttered, get out of here, as the truth of his impossible story finally sank in.


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Last updated August 10, 2026