Elvis has left the building

phrase

A phrase used to announce the end of a show, usually one performed by an Elvis impersonator.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. idiomaticA phrase used to announce the end of a show, usually one performed by an Elvis impersonator.

    That '50s look can do one / Elvis has definitely left the fucking building

    2020, “TCR”, in All That Glue, performed by Sleaford Mods

Origin

Announced by promoter Al Dvorin at the end of Elvis Presley's concerts in the 1970s as a means to prevent pandemonium and mobbing.

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APA

Elvis has left the building. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Elvis%20has%20left%20the%20building

MLA

“Elvis has left the building.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Elvis%20has%20left%20the%20building. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Elvis has left the building,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Elvis%20has%20left%20the%20building.

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