cheesed off
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adjective
(usually postpositive) British slang bored, disgusted, or angry
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Word Origin for cheesed off
C20: from cheese ²
Words nearby cheesed off
cheeseburger, cheesecake, cheesecloth, cheese cutter, cheesed, cheesed off, cheese eater, cheese fries, cheese-head, cheese it, cheesemaker
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Other Idioms and Phrases with cheesed off
cheesed off
Angry, fed up, annoyed, as in I'm cheesed off about watering their plants twice a week. This term was originally military slang and sometimes put simply as cheesed. [Slang; mid-1900s]
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