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 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
Now, be off with you, an’ my good word to the cap’n.”
From A Sunny Little Lass by Raymond, Evelyn
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.
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)