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When Wyat Earp became marshal of Dodge City, he began to clean up the town and quickly got the reputation that he was one of the toughest lawmen in the Wild West. Naturally, any outlaw who was in Dodge City wanted to "get out of Dodge" before he was either killed or locked up by Earp. So it really means : get out of a dangerous situation before it is too late.

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It means to get out of a place immediately, or to "scram."

The phrase originated from Western movies and refers to Dodge City, Kansas.

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