EXIT
ADJECTIVES
► EGRESSIVE going out, coming out → 1691
NOUNS
► BREAKS any place of exit where throngs of people pour through en stream, as from a theatre, a convention, or other popular gathering → 1914 pickpockets’ sl. (Bk.)
► CRUSH a forcible entry or exit → 1914 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► EGRESS 1. a going out, or issuing forth, from an enclosed or confined place → 1538
2. a means of exit → 1677
► EGRESSION the act of going out from any enclosed place or specified limits → a1529
► ONE-TWO a speedy exit, a quick departure → 1909 US sl.
► SKIDOO an exit → 1900s sl.
VERBS
► ARSE IT to leave, to exit → 1970 sl.
► EGRESS to go out → 1578
► GAP IT to make a quick exit → 2000 S. Africa
► HAVE IT AWAY to walk, to leave; to exit → 1950s sl.
► POP OFF THE HOOKS to exit; to vanish → 1930s US sl.
► SCAPA FLOW to go, to make a hasty exit→ Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘go’
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