cheese 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.
See also: cheese, off

cheesed off

Angry or irritated. I barely spoke to him all night, so I don't know why he's cheesed off.
See also: cheese, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cheese someone off

Sl. to make someone very angry. You sure know how to cheese Laurel off. Bobby cheesed off every person in the club.
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*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.
See also: cheese, off
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.

cheese someone off

tv. to make someone very angry. Bobby cheesed off every person in the club.
See also: cheese, off, someone

cheesed off

mod. angry; disgusted. Clare was really cheesed off at the butler.
See also: cheese, off
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • cheese someone off
  • cheesed 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
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