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Idiom idiom

get outta here


Indicating disbelief or requesting confirmation.

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


SIMPLE

You won the lottery? Get outta here!

CONTEXTUAL

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

COMPLEX

She claimed to have seen a famous actor working at the local grocery store, to which I replied with a skeptical, get outta here.


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  2. 02

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  3. 03

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  4. 04

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  5. 05

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  6. 06

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  8. 08

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Last updated August 10, 2026