"has left the building" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: en-au-has left the building.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Derived from Elvis has left the building. Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} has left the building
  1. (idiomatic, humorous) Something is gone and never coming back. Tags: humorous, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-has_left_the_building-en-phrase-KFHCQgUM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2008, Jan Mouritsen, Organisational Capital: Modelling, Measuring and Contextualising, Routledge, page 24",
          "text": "Organisational capital is typically described as dead. It is what has been left behind after human capital has left the building.",
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          "ref": "2012, Fred Eyre, Kicked into Touch: Plus Extra Time, Random House, page 9",
          "text": "The quality-control department has left the building and anyone with a halfdecent memory of a half-remembered match is out there publishing his memoirs. The scraps, the scrapes, the sessions — oh, what fun we had. Except we didn't have much fun, did we? Most of them are poor.",
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          "ref": "2012, Bethany Palmer, The 5 Money Personalities: Speaking the Same Love and Money ..., Thomas Nelson, page 29",
          "text": "When a Risk Taker gets a hold of an idea, reason has left the building. And with it go concern for other people's feelings, attention to details, and longrange planning.",
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          "ref": "2012, Joelle Burnette, Cancer Time Bomb: How the Brca Gene Stole My Tits and Eggs, Joelle Burnette, page 40",
          "text": "Just as I can run through a long succession of too many negative \"what if\" scenarios, my mom is equally efficient at producing a long list of what could go right. Of course, she generally takes it a step beyond into the absolute impossibility of positivity after the logic train has left the building; I find her rosy interpretations rather annoying and frustrating.",
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          "ref": "2013, Josiane Feigon, Smart Sales Manager: The Ultimate Playbook for Building and ..., AMACOM, page 47",
          "text": "Sales 1.0 —and its outdated and ineffective sales tactics— has left the building. Today's Sales 2.0 is fueled by tools.",
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          "ref": "2012, Joelle Burnette, Cancer Time Bomb: How the Brca Gene Stole My Tits and Eggs, Joelle Burnette, page 40",
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