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 Page, Thomas Nelson
Now be off with you, for I am busy.
From Grey Town An Australian Story by Baldwin, Gerald
Bring the wine, woman; and if you don't wish to wait for the bonfire, be off with you up the glen.
From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James
"Tott," said the master, "be off with you, and send Jupiter here immediately."
From Sharing Her Crime by Fleming, May Agnes