piss off
piss off
1. rude slang To greatly anger or irritate someone. I think I might start cycling to work in the morning—this traffic really pisses me off! I think I pissed off Janet with my comment earlier.
2. rude slang To depart from somewhere quickly or abruptly. Often used as an imperative. Why don't you just piss off if you're not going to help us? I didn't know anyone at the party, so I pissed off around 11.
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pissed off
Very disgruntled, angry, or outraged. John was so pissed off when he found out that someone else had been given the promotion instead of him. There's no point in getting pissed off over a bad grade on your exam. Just study harder next time!
See also: off, pissed
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
piss someone off
Inf. to make someone angry. (Crude. Potentially offensive, even though it is widely used. Use with discretion.) She really pissed me off! That's enough to piss off anybody.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
piss off
1. Make very angry, as in That letter pissed me off, or She was pissed off because no one had called her. [ Vulgar slang; 1940s]
2. Go away, as in Piss off and stop bothering me. [ Vulgar slang; mid-1900s]
See also: off, piss
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
pissed off
annoyed; irritated.See also: off, pissed
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
piss off
v. Vulgar Slang
1. To make someone angry.
2. To go away. Often used as an angry command.
See also: off, piss
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
piss off
and PO in. to depart; to go away. (Objectionable to many people.) Piss off, you jerk! Get out!
See also: off, piss
piss someone off
tv. to make someone angry. (see also pissed (off).) She really pissed me off!
See also: off, piss, someone
pissed off
verbSee pissed off at someone/something
See also: off, pissed
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
pissed off
Furious, very irritated. This rude slangy expression dates from the mid-1900s and probably originated during World War II. Norman Mailer used it in his war novel, The Naked and the Dead (1948), “I bet you even look pissed off when you’re with your wife.”
See also: off, pissed
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- piss someone off
- pissed off
- think back
- What color is the sun in your world?
- What planet is (someone) from?
- go against the flow
- What are you on?
- (someone) thinks (they) are so smart
- never in a month of Sundays
- think out of the box