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to pee off

to pee off

9.8
To make someone angry or upset
  • phrasal verb
  • UK
translation icon : molestar
  • Try not to pee off your boss by being late again.

Examples

  • His careless mistakes really pee off his coworkers.

  • Don't pee off your neighbors!

  • She was completely peed off by the delays in service.

  • She pees off everyone with her constant complaints.

  • His constant interruptions really pee off everyone in the meeting.

  • If you want to keep your friends, try not to pee off them with your jokes.

  • The manager warned him that being late would pee off the entire team.

Synonyms

to piss off
vsto pee off
  • Offensive
317 9.9

To make someone very angry

is milder and neutral, meaning simple irritation without strong anger
to peeve
vsto pee off
2 6.8

To make someone feel annoyed

is general irritation often without producing lasting resentment

Antonyms

to please
216 1.0

To make someone happy or satisfied

to satisfy
172 2.0

Make someone happy by meeting their need or wish

How Annoying

to infuriate
46 5.0
to pee off
  • UK
9.8
to irritate
78 2.9
to annoy
246 1.0
to bother
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

pee off infinitive
peed off past
peed off past participle
peeing off present participle
pees off third person singular

Morphology

pee + off

The meaning 'to irritate or annoy' cannot be derived from the literal senses of 'pee' (to urinate) and 'off' (away/from); this is a slang/idiomatic usage (a euphemistic variant of 'piss off') whose interpretation relies on prior exposure rather than transparent composition. Cross-linguistically the logic is not predictable from the parts, so a B1 learner who only knows the constituents would likely not infer the idiomatic meaning.

Etymology

Pee off may come from the rude phrase 'piss off', where speakers changed the harsh word to the milder pee to avoid strong language. That's why pee off means 'to irritate or annoy' someone.