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up yours

Idioms

A vulgar exclamation of contempt, as in So you think you can beat me? Well, up yours! This expression, a shortening of the even more vulgar stick it up your ass, is sometimes accompanied by an obscene gesture (see give the finger). [Vulgar slang; mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

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Your opponent, meanwhile, is sending armies back at you to try to blow up yours.

From The Verge • Feb. 11, 2021

"If my dad wants to give someone the up yours all I can say is olé, olé and olé," added his daughter.

From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2013

Photograph: PA Robert Hiscox, outgoing chairman of insurer Hiscox, gave an elegant "up yours" to corporate governance purists as he named an insider, chief underwriting officer Robert Childs, as his successor.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2012

"What is more, I have made up yours."

From Mr. Punch Awheel The Humours of Motoring and Cycling by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

"And if you pull him out of it the way you propose doing, it means smashing up yours," returned Cara succinctly.

From The Vision of Desire by Pedler, Margaret

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