piss off

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English[edit]

See also: pissoff and piss-off

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piss off (third-person singular simple present pisses off, present participle pissing off, simple past and past participle pissed off)

  1. (Commonwealth, idiomatic, intransitive, vulgar, colloquial) To leave, to go away. [from mid-20th c.]
    They've pissed off and left us in the lurch!
    Why don't you piss off and leave us alone?
  2. (idiomatic, transitive, vulgar, colloquial) To annoy, anger.
    What really pisses me off about my job is that I have to get up at six o'clock.
    • 2022 October 5, Lauren Harby, “What We Know About Celine Dion's Health Battle”, in The List[1]:
      It pisses people off that I am thin and I don't make any effort.

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piss off!

  1. (Commonwealth, idiomatic, vulgar, dismissal) Go away!
    Piss off, pal! This is my work table and yours is in the corner.

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