Yacht(sailboat) racing term referring to the visual speed indicator of looking at a competitors sail edges and the trees on the land behind. If trees are appearing in front of the other vessel, then you are going faster. If the trees are appearing behind the other vessel, then it is going faster.
Related term: A Real Tree Maker - meaning a fast boat.
Making Trees/Tree Maker: Hey, I just spent three days fairing the boats hull. It's going to be a Real Tree Maker now.
by DougBigg July 6, 2010
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to leave. A pun on the word leaf . make like a tree- trees make leafs.
Biff- You should make like a tree and get out of here.
John- Its make like a tree and leave. youre spoiling the joke!
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To go, to leave. Used derogatively.

A pun on leaving, the process of shedding leaves that occurs in deciduous trees.
by knightshade May 8, 2006
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Phrase that was used by a charcter called Biff,in ''Back To The Future''triology.
Its a stupid phrase that only he used,so when somebody tells you that,or he just watched the movie,or he is joking(or he is stupid,and thinks it has any sense)
Biff:So McFly,why dont you make like a tree and beat it
Marty:<blink><blink>
by uptheirons April 17, 2009
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a term used by Ricky, a character from the popular TV show, Trailer Park Boys. A twist on the saying "make like a tree and leave". Ricky does this with many other phrases, such as "peach and cake (piece of cake)" or "denial and error (trial and error)".
Julian: Get the fuck out of here Randy.

Ricky: Yea - make like a tree and fuck off.
by JackBauer133 February 16, 2011
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