phrases telling people to go away

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go fly a kite

go fly a kite [idiom]

Used to tell someone who’s bothering or insisting unpleasantly to go away

Example:

Eric insisted on asking me out for months. Finally I had to tell him to go fly a kite. I know he didn’t like it but I was not interested and I couldn't take it more.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

go fly a kite American English spoken used to tell someone to go away, stop saying something, or stop annoying you

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

(go) fly a kite

(go) fly a/your ˈkite idiom

(NAmE, informal) used to tell sb to go away and stop annoying you or interfering

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

go fly a kite mainly US informal

used to tell someone who is being annoying to go away

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

go fly a kite US informal + old-fashioned
- used to tell someone who is bothering you to go away
• When I asked her what was wrong, she told me to go fly a kite.

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phrases telling people to go away

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