get outta here

Dismissive exclamation of disbelief

Get outta here is an exclamation of disbelief or dismissal, representing casual pronunciation of "get out of here." It rejects what someone has said as unbelievable or absurd: You won the lottery? Get outta here!

The phrase can express genuine amazement or skeptical rejection, depending on tone.

It can also be a literal command to leave, though the spelling suggests the idiomatic sense.

dismissal

scram

Depart hastily, informally

shoo · vamoose · skedaddle · leave · get lost · move along · hit the road · clear out · begone · go away

disbelief

no way

Emphatic denial

seriously · are you serious · wow · incredible · amazed · shocked · stunned · floored · blown away · whoa

ejection

thrown out

Expelled or discarded

removed · bounced · tossed · evicted · ousted · banished · shown the door · given the boot · forced out · cast out

Categories
Opposites
literal command (presence/absence)

get outta herecome in

Permitted to enter

come here · stay · enter · come on in · get over here

expressive response (disbelief vs. acceptance)

get outta hereno kidding

Expression of genuine surprise

makes sense · of course · obviously · that figures · naturally

social tone (rejection vs. welcome)

get outta herewelcome

Hospitable greeting offered

come on in · make yourself at home · come in · stay awhile · pull up a chair

Family

getting, gotten, outta, here, hereabout, hereabouts, hereafter, hereby, herein

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G