be off with you
Example Sentences
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"There's never a thing you could possess that I would take for your passage. Now, if you'll not work for me at the market at Wall, then be off with you."
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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"Go and get something to put in it then first," replied the ferry-man; "and be off with you now!"
From Polish Fairy Tales by Glinski, A. J.
"Be off with you!" he thundered; "be off with you at once!"
From The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. by Spielhagen, Friedrich
But don't imagine that I'm going to have you here—not a bit of it; be off with you, my fine fellow!'
From The Green Fairy Book by Various
There, there," I said, "be off with you, both of you.
From The City in the Clouds by Gull, C. Ranger