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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

get run out of

“I said ‘He’s not from Texas and he ain’t a cowboy, so let’s stop trashin’ Texans and cowboys.’ It got a little chuckle, but I didn’t get run out of the country,” Nelson told the magazine.

Does it mean getting exiled?
  

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rpsh Does it mean getting exiled? In legal terms, maybe. In practical effect, yes.

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  • rpsh Does it mean getting exiled?
  • In legal terms, maybe.
  • In practical effect, yes.
  • In the old days of the west, a law officer's jurisdiction was a county or state.
  • When a criminal was running from the law, he could escape over the border.
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rpshDoes it mean getting exiled?
In legal terms, maybe. In practical effect, yes.
In the old days of the west, a law officer's jurisdiction was a county or state. When a criminal was running from the law, he could escape over the border. They could not follow him, and the criminal was safe.
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If you are run out of a place, somebody forces you to leave.
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Got it, thank you!
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It seems that there is no connotation in the sentence. I got it! Thank you!
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