piss off
Britishverb
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(tr; often passive) to annoy, irritate, or disappoint
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(intr) to go away; depart, often used to dismiss a person
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Make very angry, as in That letter pissed me off , or She was pissed off because no one had called her . [ Vulgar slang ; 1940s]
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Go away, as in Piss off and stop bothering me . [ Vulgar slang ; mid-1900s]
Example Sentences
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Maybe nothing happens for a long time until you piss off Disney.
From The Verge • Feb. 22, 2022
“I knew I had to write something because generally D.A.s and Black D.A.s are fearful of saying anything, because they don’t want to piss off the powers that be,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2021
The Houston Texans, by being dumb enough to piss off star quarterback Deshaun Watson, have gifted the league a flowing segue into the eternal Next Season.
From Slate • Feb. 5, 2021
“Don’t piss off a crow,” says John Marzluff, a professor of forest sciences at the University of Washington.
From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2019
I mean, I’m not trying to piss off Ms. Albright.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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