French exit
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]French exit (plural French exits)
- Synonym of French leave.
- 2014, David Nicholls, Us, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 45:
- A French exit; no thank you for having me, no I've had a lovely time. To just walk away, cool and aloof. I wondered if I could.
- 2024 November 15, Marina Hyde, “To the stars vowing to flee Trump’s America: maybe your excruciating endorsements were part of the problem”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- I wish celebrities would learn the art of the French exit. But they can’t, which is why Eva Longoria has announced she no longer lives in America.
Translations
[edit]French leave — see French leave