French exit

plural French exits

1. Synonym of French leave.

   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.

   2014, David Nicholls, Us, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 45

   1 more example

   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.

   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, →ISSN

   Synonyms: French leave