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Get out while the getting's good

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To leave at an opportune time or before adverse conditions arise. colloquial

    "Take your choice; get out while the getting's good, or we'll boom Glad-hand by starting a Boot Hill right here." A Boot Hill! Grinch reflected."

  2. 2
    To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc. while conditions are good, particularly in anticipation of a drop in prices. colloquial, idiomatic

    "It costs pretty near as much to sell a used truck as a new one and there is usually ... close down business right away and get out while the getting's good."

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