American, informal

an impolite way of telling someone to go away.

The guy kept pestering her, and finally she told him to take a hike.

• be skating on thin ice
• be skin and bone
• be skin and bones
• be slow off the mark
• be slow on the draw
• be slow on the uptake
• be sneezed at
• be sniffed at
• be snowed under
• be soaked to the skin
• be soft on
• be soft on someone
• be sold a pup
• be someone's cup of tea
• be someone's department
• be someone's flesh and blood
• be someone's for the asking
• be someone's main squeeze
• be someone's own flesh and blood
• be someone's pigeon
• be someone's strong point
• be someone's strong suit
• be speaking out of both sides of mouth
• be speaking out of both sides of your mouth
• be spick and span