Street voices
Hugues
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United States
"Get out of here. Something you say to someone when you don't believe them, or don't want to believe them, or are astounded by something they said. Hey, did you hear? Yesterday, Michael kissed your sister, man. What? Get out of here. No way that happened. Get out of here, man."
What it means
A punchy reaction that usually means no way, I’m not buying that. It can also flip into excited disbelief when somebody drops news so wild it rattles your eyebrows. In quick speech it often comes out as get outta here, and toss on a man if you want extra drama.
Usage examples
"You said you met Beyoncé at the DMV? Get out of here, man, next you’ll tell me the clerk gave you a free stamp too."
"You ran a marathon this morning and then baked four loaves of bread? Get out of here, nobody has that much energy before lunch."
"You got front row tickets for twenty bucks? Get out of here, who'd you bribe, the ticket fairy?"
"Nah, get outta here, you're telling me Dave quit his job to become a lighthouse keeper?"
"You paid off your student loans before thirty? Get outta here, that's unicorn behavior."
Where it comes from
A literal command pressed into figurative service, you wave the wild claim away as if shooing the speaker out the door. The push-back gesture became pure disbelief, no real exit required.
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