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

Ha!" cried the old man, "be off with you, young ones.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

"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 Lang, Andrew

I 'll come out presently and dry your locks; but be off with you now, be off!

From Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief by Rainey, W. (William)

“There, be off with you; there’s half a crown for you,” said Tom.

From Lady Maude's Mania by Fenn, George Manville