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French exit
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English
Etymology
See en French leave#Etymology French leave § Etymology.
Noun
en French leave.
en 2014 David Nicholls (writer) David Nicholls Us (novel) Us Harper Collins 9780062365606 45 https://archive.org/details/us0000nich/page/45/mode/1up 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.
en-GB Marina Hyde To the stars vowing to flee Trump’s America: maybe your excruciating endorsements were part of the problem The Guardian 2024-11-15 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/15/trump-america-stars-endorsements-kamala-harris-voters-celebrities 0261-3077 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018132330/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/15/trump-america-stars-endorsements-kamala-harris-voters-celebrities 18 October 2026
Translations
French leave