sod off

verb

Go away.

“Why don't you just sod off and leave me alone?”

Meanings

verbsod off (third-person singular simple present sods off, present participle sodding off, simple past and past participle sodded off)

present singular third person sods off · participle present sodding off · participle past sodded off · past sodded off

  1. IrelandUKcolloquialidiomaticvulgardismissalGo away.

    Why don't you just sod off and leave me alone?

    1 more example

    He was here a minute ago but now he's sodded off.

    Synonyms: bugger off, be off, depart, go, go away, leave, take off, take one's leave

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Dutch opsodemieteren
  • opsodemieterengo away
Finnish häipyä, painua vittuun
  • häipyägo away
  • painua vittuungo away
  • suksia vittuungo away
German Leine ziehen
  • Leine ziehengo away
Polish odczepić się, odwalić się
  • odczepić sięgo away
  • odwalić sięgo away
Portuguese desaparecer, pôr-se a milhas
  • desaparecergo away
  • pôr-se a milhasgo away
Russian пойти на хрен
  • пойти на хрен (pojti na xren)go away
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APA

sod off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sod%20off

MLA

“sod off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sod%20off. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sod off,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sod%20off.

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