get out while the getting's good (English, verb)
expansion: get out while the getting's good (third-person singular simple present gets out while the getting's good, present participle getting out while the getting's good, simple past got out while the getting's good, past participle (UK) got out while the getting's good or (US) gotten out while the getting's good)
Senses:
glosses: To leave at an opportune time or before adverse conditions arise.
tags: colloquial
glosses: To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc. while conditions are good, particularly in anticipation of a drop in prices.
tags: colloquial
idiomatic
Forms:
form: gets out while the getting's good
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: getting out while the getting's good
tags: participle
present
form: got out while the getting's good
tags: past
form: got out while the getting's good
tags: UK
participle
past
form: gotten out while the getting's good
tags: US
participle
past