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the original group chat leaving en masse, except the desert had no wifi.
means A mass departure of many people from a place, often to escape something or to seek somewhere better.
from From the Greek 'exodos,' literally 'a way out' — 'ex' (out) plus 'hodos' (road, way). It came into English through the second book of the Bible, named Exodus for the Israelites' great walk-out of Egypt, and over time the proper noun loosened into the everyday word for any crowd heading for the door.
- book name
- Greek for 'the way out' or departure
- forty years
- a walk that should've taken weeks
- final word
- slang for any dramatic mass departure
- plagues count
- ten escalating disasters, frogs included
- reggae anthem
- Bob Marley named an album after it
exodus from egypt — biblical event of hebrew slaves leaving egypt, dated traditionally around 1300-1200 bce
great migration — 6 million african americans moving from southern usa to northern cities, 1916-1970
partition of india — 15 million people displaced across india-pakistan border in 1947
palestine nakba — 750,000 palestinians displaced during 1948 arab-israeli war