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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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cheese it

If Goodles can get people who otherwise wouldn’t be eating mac and cheese, it doesn’t always have to convert loyalists from other brands, and the category could see bigger growth overall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

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 ● Oct. 3, 2025

A smooth, mild, hard cheese, it is made from the unpasteurized milk of cows that roam idyllic pastures high in the mountains using rigorous traditional methods passed down through the generations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

She didn’t oblige every ask, but I could count on bun and cheese; it was her favorite.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022

"Have some of this cheese, it goes splendidly with the wine. Tell me, why did you choose Deem for that unhappy task?"

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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