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Phrase(s): make like a tree and leave Sl. to leave; to depart. (Jocular; a pun on the leaf of a tree.) • I have to leave now. It’s time to make like a tree and leave. • Hey, Jane. Don’t you have an appointment somewhere? Why don’t you make like a tree and leave?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs