go jump off a building - Glite Dictionary

Examples

She was so annoyed that she muttered, 'Why don't you go jump off a building?' under her breath.
He didn't mean it and later apologized for telling his friend to go jump off a building during the argument.
Just go jump off a building!
You can just go jump off a building!
After his comment, she replied sarcastically, 'Oh, why don't you go jump off a building then?'
In a fit of frustration, he jokingly told his friend, 'You might as well go jump off a building with ideas like that!'
When she dismissed his suggestion, she exclaimed, 'Please, just go jump off a building if that's what you think!'

Synonyms

to shove it

vsgo jump off a building

Offensive

31 9.9

Tell someone angrily to go away and that you will not accept their idea

is used sarcastically to dismiss not to seriously refuse an offer

to shove off

vsgo jump off a building

Informal

17 7.7

Leave a place quickly, often in a rude way

is usually sarcastic and not meant to be literal dismissal

to bugger off

vsgo jump off a building

Offensive

12 9.9

Tell someone to go away immediately in a rude way

is often sarcastic and joking rather than a sharp angry order

to kick rocks

vsgo jump off a building

Offensive

2 9.9

Tell someone to go away and leave you alone

is usually sarcastic and playful rather than an angry command

to take a flying leap

vsgo jump off a building

Offensive

1 9.5

To tell someone rudely to leave

is used sarcastically to dismiss rather than to attack seriously

to go to heck

vsgo jump off a building

Informal

1 8.2

To tell someone to go away in a mild, angry way

is more sarcastic and joking not simply a mild rebuke

to tell someone where to shove it

vsgo jump off a building

Offensive

1 9.9

Rudely say to someone that you want them to go away

is said sarcastically and not meant as a deeply hostile insult

go jump in the lake

vsgo jump off a building

Offensive

1 9.1

Rudely tell someone to go away and stop bothering you

is used sarcastically to express frustration rather than actual harm

go jump off a cliff

vsgo jump off a building

Offensive

1 9.9

To tell someone angrily to go away and leave you alone

is said sarcastically and not meant to be taken literally

to go to blazes

vsgo jump off a building

Offensive

1 9.9

Angrily tell someone to go away

is typically sarcastic and less directly hostile in tone

to go climb a tree

vsgo jump off a building

Informal

9.8

To tell someone to go away and stop annoying you

is said jokingly to dismiss rather than to genuinely insult

to go fuck oneself

vsgo jump off a building

Offensive

9.9

A rude way to tell someone to go away and show strong anger

is used sarcastically in joking tone rather than to cause real harm

Antonyms

to take care

∞ 1.3

To look after a person or thing and deal with their needs

to keep safe

375 1.8

To protect people or things from danger

How Rude

go jump off a building

Offensive

1 9.9

to drop dead

Informal

87 8.4

to fuck off

Offensive

171 9.9

to go to hell

Offensive

261 9.5

to go away

926 1.0

Surface Forms

go jump off a building main

Morphology

go + jump + off + a + building

The literal action 'go jump off a building' is directly composed from the constituents, so the physical meaning is transparent to a learner who knows the words. However, its common pragmatic use as a sarcastic or dismissive insult (not intended literally) is idiomatic and not fully predictable from the parts, so learners may misunderstand the intended non-literal force.

Etymology

Go jump off a building is a loud, rude exaggeration that creates a strong image of someone jumping off a building, a tall place used to show extreme anger. That's why people use it as an angry way 'to tell someone to go away' and it is 'not meant to be taken literally'.