up yours

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

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

“Will you hold up yours, Professor Hanky,” said George, “if I release you?”

From Erewhon Revisited by Butler, Samuel

You've some up yours, too, Arnold—the deuce of clubs and the deuce of hearts.

From The Sorcery Club by O'Donnell, Elliott