Street voices
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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 way to say No way, I don’t buy it, or sometimes Wow, seriously. You throw it back when someone drops a wild claim and you want them to stop messing around. Often comes out as get outta here in fast speech, and adding man makes it extra dramatic. Best served with raised eyebrows and zero patience.
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."
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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