Exit Stage Left Meaning
(idiomatic) An orderly and uneventful departure, timed so as not to detract or distract.
Example: 2001: Phil Jackson, Charles Rosen, More Than a Game [1]
We played until our fellow participants began to reenter the gym. Then we pulled on our shirts, left the ball for dead on the foul line, and made a quick exit stage left.
2005: Dan Ephron and Joanna Chen, Israel: Peres—Exit Stage Left [2]
But like the career paths of so many Israeli politicians, his exit stage left was really a prelude to entering stage right: "I'll continue to serve," Peres told NEWSWEEK...
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