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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So be off with you as quick as you can, and lie down for half an hour, at any rate.
From The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel by Hanshew, Mary E.
"Then be off with you," said the Chief Engineer.
From The Hell Ship by Palmer, Raymond Alfred
Why, the other day I felt as if I could open all the pens and say to the birds, ‘There, be off with you, for you’re no good.’
From Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure by Boucher, W.
Now be off with you, for I am busy.
From Grey Town An Australian Story by Baldwin, Gerald