see you later, alligator
see you later, alligator
A childish way of saying goodbye, for now. Often responded to with "in a while, crocodile." A: "OK, I've got to go, kiddo—see you later, alligator!" B: "In a while, crocodile! Come home soon!"
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See you later, alligator,
and Later, alligator.Inf. Good-bye. (Sometimes the reply is After while(, crocodile.)) Bob: See you later, alligator. Jane: After while, crocodile. Bob: Bye, Tom. Tom: See you later, alligator. Bob: Later.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See you later, alligator
interj. Good-bye. (From the 1930s. Answered with After while, crocodile.) TOM: Bye. BILL: See you later, alligator. BILL: See you later, alligator. TOM: After while, crocodile.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See you later, alligator
Bye! The title of a 1950s rock-'n'-roll smash hit by Bill Haley and His Comets, the phrase was already in use, especially in the South. For a decade or more, hep/hip/with-it cats and chicks ended conversations with the phrase. The standard reply was the song's next line: “after a while, crocodile.”
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Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
- aligator
- later, alligator
- after (a) while, crocodile
- After while
- After while, crocodile
- awhile
- later, gator
- take home the bacon
- eat it up
- eat up