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has left the building

idiom

Something is gone and never coming back.


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  1. 01

    be left at the post

    To be beaten from the beginning of a competition or race.

  2. 02

    be left holding the baby

    To be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.

  3. 03

    Elvis has left the building

    A phrase used to announce the end of a show, usually one performed by an Elvis impersonator.

  4. 04

    exit stage left

    An orderly and uneventful departure, timed so as not to detract or distract.

  5. 05

    go jump off a building

    Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.

  6. 06

    go left

    To take a turn for the worse, to go horribly wrong.

  7. 07

    left turn

    An unexpected change from the way things seemed to be going.

  8. 08

    two left feet

    Clumsiness, especially at dancing or in sports involving kicking a ball.

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