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
So what’s the overarching theory for how Meadows has managed to piss off everyone while putting himself in legal jeopardy?
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2021
And her publicist Tree Paine jumped into the mix Tuesday, sharing the unedited statement she had released in 2016 and wondering, “who did you guys piss off to leak that video?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2020
Not in terms of record sales – he probably pissed off a lot of people that I wouldn’t want to piss off if I was in his position.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2019
Which would piss off the kids behind me because it was basically cutting the line.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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