Phrase guide
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verb
To leave, depart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: make like a tree, make like a baby and head out, make like a banana and split, put an egg in one's shoe and beat it
Antonyms: none provided
History
A pun on leave (“depart”) and leave (“produce leaves”) (or its more common variant, leaf).
