cheese it

Idioms  

1. Stop, look out, as in Cheese it! Here come the cops! This term, generally stated as an imperative, may have been a replacement for the earlier “Stop at once.” Eric Partridge speculated that it may have been a corruption of Cease! but its true origin is not known. [Slang; mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

That explosion of tomato and garlic, the ooze of cheese, it erased the smell of bleach that had scorched his nostrils; it filled up the hollow emptiness that yawned in his belly.

From Literature

“Dude. Your last name is Gruyère. That is literally a kind of cheese! It’s perfect.”

From Literature

As for the cheese, it’s traditionally made with Bhutanese yak cheese for a tangy flavor, and increasingly cow’s milk cheese.

From Salon

And while you’re shopping, toss in a block of Beecher’s Handmade Cheese — it’s a secret-weapon cheese for mac and cheese.

From Salon

Chalk and cheese it was, and while it would be crackers to get carried away knowing a long tournament is ahead of England, the signs are promising.

From BBC