make like a banana and split

present singular third person makes like a banana and splits · participle present making like a banana and splitting · participle past made like a banana and split · past made like a banana and split

1. humorousidiomaticTo leave, depart.

   if he's gone, maybe we should make like a banana and split. We could pack it all up and head out west somewhere.

   2021 June 29, Jason Mott, Hell of a Book, Penguin, →ISBN, page 6

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   “Don't go anywhere,” she said, like she was a mind reader and could tell that I was already thinking that the second she turned around, me and Charlie should make like a banana and split.

   2010 April 6, Sandra Kring, How High the Moon, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 56

   Synonyms: make like a baby and head out, make like a tree and leave