plaster out

plaster out
 v. phr.β€” Β«I just want to let you know that we got potentially four guys over the line out here. I don’t know how long they’re going to be here. The last couple of days they’ve plastered out of here by noon.Β» β€”β€œInterstate Spat Develops Over Raritan Bay Clams” by Andy Newman New York Times July 4, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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