get out of town—(coll.)
1. get out of a place:
- If father hears you talking like that, you’d better pack your bags and get out of town.
2. (exclam.) used as an emphatic expression of disbelief:
- You made a ton of money on that stock? Get out of town!
go to the country —(of election candidates) appeal to the body of electors (appearing on television, etc.):
- The cry of a “cheap breakfast table” would no longer be one “to go to the country with.”
See also: go out on the town / go to town.