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Let's make like a tree
Meaning
- A cheesy, often sarcastic way to say let's leave. It is almost always followed by the punchline and leave, as in make like a tree and leave.
Corny, humorous
Used in a sentence
- This party is boring, let's make like a tree and leave.
- Make like a tree and get out of here before you're late.
- If you want to beat the traffic, let's make like a tree.
The backstory
A classic dad joke format. It relies on the pun between leaving a location and a tree having leaves.
Heard in
Nationwide
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