cheesed off
cheese off
To anger or irritate someone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cheese" and "off." I don't think I said anything to cheese him off, so I'm not sure why he's so mad.
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cheesed off
Angry or irritated. I barely spoke to him all night, so I don't know why he's cheesed off.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*cheesed off
Sl. angry; disgusted. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; get someone ~.) Clare was really cheesed off at the waiter. The waiter was cheesed off at the cook.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
cheesed off
Angry, fed up, annoyed, as in I'm cheesed off about watering their plants twice a week. This term was originally military slang and sometimes put simply as cheesed. [Slang; mid-1900s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
cheesed off
mod. angry; disgusted. Clare was really cheesed off at the butler.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- cheese off
- cheese someone off
- base off (of) (something else)
- Cheese it the cops!
- cheese it-the cops!
- (I've) got to take off
- be off with you
- be well off for (something)
- be well off for something
- be off for sth