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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I don’t want to check, but I’m sure everyone’s favorite betting apps will offer odds on this event, though even Polymarket and Kalshi may know better than to piss off the president.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
Swift hauls out her old high-school-romance-songs vocal tone to reminisce about “skipping the prom/ just to piss off your mom,” very much in the vein of Folklore’s teen-love-triangle trilogy.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2020
He sniffed over the brazier, received a swack from Ysilla’s spoon, and went back to have his morning piss off the stem.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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