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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"No; be off with you," said their mother.
From Two Little Confederates by Thomas Nelson Page
"There!" said his majesty, crossing his cheque and throwing sand over it, for blotting-paper had not yet been invented; "there, take that, and be off with you!"
From Prince Prigio From "His Own Fairy Book" by Andrew Lang
"Very well," said we; "come, take your boots, and be off with you!"
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 Volume 18, New Series, August 21, 1852 by William Chambers
Now, be off with you, an’ my good word to the cap’n.”
From A Sunny Little Lass by Evelyn Raymond