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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Ha!" cried the old man, "be off with you, young ones.
From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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)
So, be off with you at once, and don’t be late.
From The Boys of Crawford's Basin The Story of a Mountain Ranch in the Early Days of Colorado by Emerson, Chase
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.