exit

exit stage left

1. noun A timely and inconspicuous exit or departure, done so as not to make a scene or attract attention to oneself. An allusion to stage directions in theater, indicating when (and where) an actor should leave the stage from a scene. When the rally was interrupted by protesters, the senatorial candidate made a quick exit stage left to avoid undue media attention.
2. verb To leave in a timely and inconspicuous manner, so as not to make a scene or attract attention to oneself. (Sometimes used as an imperative.) The CEO decided to exit stage left from the company before his embezzlements became too noticeable. I suggest you exit stage left before I lose my temper.
See also: exit, left, stage
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

exit

(from something) (to something) to go out of something or some place to another. The children exited from the school to the parking lot when the fire alarm rang. We exited to the main street from the parking lot.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • exit stage left
  • low profile
  • lay low and sing small
  • lie
  • lie low
  • lie low and sing small
  • lie low, to
  • angle
  • angling
  • high
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At the height in one given year in Coventry, [pounds sterling]10.86m was paid in exit packages in 2014/15, but packages reduced greatly at the authority last year with [pounds sterling]743,000 awarded.
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The semidynamical floor field is introduced for considering the effects of exit width and pedestrian distribution around exit.
Less progress has been made in relation to exit. Thus, over the course of six decades, the Indian economy moved from 'socialism with limited entry to "marketism" without exit', it added.
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There are no signs telling those people on level 1 which way to exit ?
"Yet even with this strong exit environment and the average holding period falling slightly, a significant proportion of companies bought during the buyout boom of 2006--2007 still remain active in private equity firm portfolios."
An antiseptic solution is recommended for exit site care to reduce numbers of microorganisms and avoid ESIs.
MOTORISTS are being warned of roadworks starting next week which could affect their journeys, The work, starting on Monday, will be to resurface the roundabouts and entry and exit slip roads at the Stannington interchange, on the A1 north of Newcastle.
When the new system goes live, there will be no tolls between Exit 10 (Interstates 290 and 395 in Auburn), Exit 10A (Route 146) and Exit 11 (Millbury and Worcester).
INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF AN EXIT PIPE ON THE CALCULATION OF DRAINAGE TIME OF WATER FROM A TANK USING BERNOULLI'S EQUATION.
OSHA Issues New Initiative to Enforce Exit Route Standards