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get the hell out

VERB

flee

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depart desert fly get jump leave retreat take off vanish

STRONG

abscond avoid blow bolt break decamp elude evade hotfoot scamper scoot scram skedaddle skip slip slip away split vamoose

WEAK

beat a hasty retreat cut and run cut out fly the coop get away make a getaway make off make one's escape make oneself scarce make quick exit make tracks step on it step on the gas take a hike take flight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrive come continue face stay

STRONG

dawdle join meet take on wait

WEAK

stand

Example Sentences

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“I really do want to get the hell out of here,” he said.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2021

"They have to become themselves and the only way to do that is playing time. and for that to happen the older guys have got to get the hell out of the way."

From Fox News • Aug. 3, 2021

“They have to become themselves and the only way to do that is playing time. and for that to happen the older guys have got to get the hell out of the way.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2021

Also, it was like he’s thinking, ‘I’m going to Mexico, I’m getting all huffy-puffy about something that is probably nothing. I’m free. Let’s get the hell out of here.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2020

At 3:10 Friday afternoon Fischer still hadn’t arrived on top, says Beidleman, adding, “I decided it was time to get the hell out of there, even though Scott hadn’t showed up yet.”

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

get the hell out

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