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Gotta make like a tree and leaf
Meaning
- Another groan-worthy pun used when it is time to leave. It is the gardening equivalent of the banana split exit.
Goofy, lighthearted
Used in a sentence
- I have work in the morning, so I gotta make like a tree and leaf.
- He cracked a smile and said it was time to make like a tree and leaf.
- That is my cue, gotta make like a tree and leaf before it starts raining.
The backstory
This is a classic piece of playground humor that has been passed down through generations. It plays on the homophone of leaf and leave.
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