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

Now none of your nonsense and impudence and sneering, young man, and be off with you, or I’ll see somebody that’ll have something to say to you.

From The Innocents A Story for Lovers by Lewis, Sinclair

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)

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

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.