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

Tut," says nurse, giving him a scornful poke with her first finger, though she is tremendously flattered; "be off with you; you are worse than ever.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)

"Get up and be off with you, you lazy tramp," he said, when I rubbed my eyes and blinked at him.

From The Man Without a Memory by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)

"Be off with you!" he thundered; "be off with you at once!"

From The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. by Spielhagen, Friedrich

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)