to sod off
3
9.9
- phrasal verb
- /sɒd ɒf/
- Offensive
:
irse a la mierda
- Just sod off and leave me alone.
- just sod off
Examples
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I told him to sod off; he wasn't getting it because I didn't know him from Adam.
Blog text (27) -
Yeah, it's just nice to know they are there... even if I wish he would sod off sometimes.
Blog text (16) -
"Will you please just sod off?"
Fiction book (2001) -
If I remember rightly, she told him to sod off.
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Sod off, you little scrounger!
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The man yelled, "sod off" once more, and there was a gargle of thin laughter from his friends.
Fiction book (1998) -
When I asked him to stop bothering me, he just told me to sod off.
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"If you don't like it, then sod off!" she shouted.
Synonyms
213
1.6
To leave a vehicle, for example a bus, or stop annoying someone
104
9.9
Leave or tell someone to leave in a rude way
35
7.0
To make a person or animal move away, for example by waving
12
9.9
Tell someone to go away immediately in a rude way
12
8.4
To tell someone to go away right away in a rude or angry way
12
7.7
Leave a place quickly, often in a rude way
5
4.1
To make people or animals go away by waving your hand
4
8.9
Tell someone to go away and leave you alone
3
9.5
To tell someone rudely to go away or to stop working and relax
2
8.7
Reject someone or something rudely and tell them to go away
1
5.4
Make a person or animal go away with words and gestures
1
9.9
To tell someone rudely to go away and leave you alone
1
9.9
Tell someone to go away and leave you alone
To tell someone to go away using rude language
A rude way to tell someone to go away without the real swear word
Tells someone angrily to go away
A short spoken word telling someone to go away now
Antonyms
How Rude
Surface Forms
Morphology
The particle 'off' clearly signals movement away and 'sod' functions here as an insulting term for a person, so a learner who knows both words could plausibly infer a rude command to go away. However 'sod' is colloquial/slang and the phrase's pragmatic force and idiomatic rudeness are language-specific and not fully predictable without exposure, so it is not fully transparent.
Etymology
The phrase sod off probably comes from the rude word sod, used to insult someone, with off meaning 'away'. So it became a strong, rude way to tell someone to 'go away' or 'leave me alone'.