Etymology

include me out

Today it means: Do not include me; leave me out; exclude me. Full definition →

First used 1940s
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The story

Reportedly a coinage (circa 1940) of American film producer Samuel Goldwyn (1879–1974), whose purported malapropisms were well publicized.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1940s Do not include me; leave me out; exclude me.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.