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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Now, be off with you, an’ my good word to the cap’n.”
From A Sunny Little Lass by Raymond, Evelyn
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.
"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)
But don't imagine that I'm going to have you here—not a bit of it; be off with you, my fine fellow!'
From The Green Fairy Book by Various