tell someone where to get off

tell someone where to get off
Vrb phrs. An angry rebuke at someone's interference. E.g."If she mentions my acne once more I'll tell her where to get off.'

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  • tell someone where to get off — (informal) To deal summarily or dismissively with someone • • • Main Entry: ↑get tell someone where to get off (informal) To tell someone that his or her behaviour will not be tolerated • • • Main Entry: ↑where * * * tell someone where to get off …   Useful english dictionary

  • tell someone where to get off — tell (someone) where to get off informal to angrily refuse to do what someone wants you to do, usually using direct or rude language. She wanted to borrow money again so I told her where to get off …   New idioms dictionary

  • tell someone where to get off — ► tell someone where to get off informal angrily dismiss or rebuke someone. Main Entry: ↑tell …   English terms dictionary

  • tell someone where to get off (or where they get off) — informal angrily dismiss or rebuke someone. → tell …   English new terms dictionary

  • tell someone where to get off — tv. to tell someone when enough is enough; to tell someone off. □ I was fed up with her bossiness. I finally told her where to get off. □ He told me where to get off, so I walked out on him …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • tell where to get off — tell (someone) where to get off informal to angrily refuse to do what someone wants you to do, usually using direct or rude language. She wanted to borrow money again so I told her where to get off …   New idioms dictionary

  • get off — phrasal verb Word forms get off : present tense I/you/we/they get off he/she/it gets off present participle getting off past tense got off past participle got off 1) a) [intransitive/transitive, usually in imperative] used for telling someone to… …   English dictionary

  • tell — ► VERB (past and past part. told) 1) communicate information to. 2) instruct to do something. 3) relate (a story). 4) (tell on) informal inform on. 5) (tell off) informal reprimand …   English terms dictionary

  • get — I [[t]ge̱t[/t]] CHANGING, CAUSING, MOVING, OR REACHING ♦ gets, getting, got, gotten (past tense & past participle) (In most of its uses get is a fairly informal word. Gotten is an American form of the past tense and past participle.) 1) V LINK… …   English dictionary

  • tell — tell1 verb (past and past participle told) 1》 communicate information to.     ↘instruct (someone) to do something.     ↘relate (a story).     ↘reveal (information) in a non verbal way: the figures tell a different story.     ↘divulge confidential …   English new terms dictionary

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