be off with you

phrase

Go away; get out.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

phrase
  1. datedGo away; get out.

    "Why, you are surely thinking it is the parson who stands here before you; but so help me, if you don't think wrong, for I am the clerk." "Be off with you, - go home, and you be the parson and let him be clerk," said the king, and so it was.

    1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 208

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
get in the seaget lostget stuffedgo awaypiss offshoo

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 走開 /走开, 滾開 /滚开
  • 走開 /走开 (zǒukāi)go away; get out
  • 滾開 /滚开 (gǔnkāi)go away; get out
Finnish mene pois
  • mene poisgo away; get out
French va-t'en, allez-vous-en
  • va-t'engo away; get out
  • allez-vous-engo away; get out
German Hebe dich hinfort
  • Hebe dich hinfortgo away; get out
Hebrew לך מפה, הָלְאָה
  • לך מפה (l'khá mipó)go away; get out
  • הָלְאָה (hal'á)go away; get out
Polish idź precz
  • idź preczgo away; get out
Portuguese vai/vá embora
  • vai/vá emborago away; get out
Russian убира́йся вон, пошёл вон
  • убира́йся вон (ubirájsja von)go away; get out
  • пошёл вон (pošól von)go away; get out
Spanish esfumarse, largarse
  • esfumarsego away; get out
  • largarsego away; get out
Cite this entry
APA

be off with you. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20off%20with%20you

MLA

“be off with you.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20off%20with%20you. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “be off with you,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20off%20with%20you.

Source: be off with you on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.