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to go climb a tree

to go climb a tree

9.8
To tell someone to go away and stop annoying you
  • idiom
  • Informal
translation icon : vete a la porra
  • Just go climb a tree!

Examples

  • If you're going to keep complaining, go climb a tree and leave me alone.

  • When Tim started whining again, his sister told him to go climb a tree.

  • He shrugged off the rude comment and simply said, 'Go climb a tree.'

  • Why don't you go climb a tree instead of bothering me?

  • If you're going to keep complaining, go climb a tree and leave me alone.

  • When Tim started whining again, his sister told him to go climb a tree.

  • He shrugged off the rude comment and simply said, 'Go climb a tree.'

Synonyms

to shove it
vsto go climb a tree
  • Offensive
38 9.9

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

is similar but normally less focused on rejecting offers or opinions
to buzz off
vsto go climb a tree
  • Offensive
12 8.4

To tell someone to go away right away in a rude or angry way

is similar but often less harsh and slightly more polite
to bugger off
vsto go climb a tree
  • Offensive
12 9.9

Tell someone to go away immediately in a rude way

is similar but usually milder and less strongly insulting
to bug off
vsto go climb a tree
  • Informal
4 8.9

Tell someone to go away and leave you alone

is similar but often less blunt and slightly more casual
to get stuffed
vsto go climb a tree
  • Offensive
2 9.9

Tell someone rudely to go away or leave you alone

is similar but often used specifically as a rejection rather than simple dismissal
to kick rocks
vsto go climb a tree
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Tell someone to go away and leave you alone

is similar but often less slangy and slightly less hostile
to take a flying leap
vsto go climb a tree
  • Offensive
1 9.5

To tell someone rudely to leave

is similar but commonly simpler and less insulting in tone
go jump in the lake
vsto go climb a tree
  • Offensive
9.1

Rudely tell someone to go away and stop bothering you

is similar but generally less colorful and more neutral
to tell someone where to shove it
vsto go climb a tree
  • Offensive
9.9

Rudely say to someone that you want them to go away

is similar but usually less crude and less explicitly vulgar
to get on yer bike
vsto go climb a tree
  • Offensive
9.9

Tell someone to go away in a rude way

is similar but can be less abrasive and sometimes mildly humorous
to go to blazes
vsto go climb a tree
  • Offensive
9.9

Angrily tell someone to go away

is similar but often sounds older or less coarse in modern speech
take a long walk on a short pier
vsto go climb a tree
  • Offensive
9.9

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

is similar but tends to be steadier, not sarcastically mocking
go jump off a cliff
vsto go climb a tree
  • Offensive
9.9

To tell someone angrily to go away and leave you alone

is similar but usually less extreme and not encouraging harm
go jump off a building
vsto go climb a tree
  • Offensive
9.9

A rude joking way to tell someone to go away without meaning it

is similar but typically aims to stop annoyance rather than joke aggressively
to make like a tree and leave
vsto go climb a tree
  • Informal
9.8

To leave a place quickly, often as a joke

is similar but usually less playful and more directly dismissive

Antonyms

1.0

To remain in one place and not leave

How Rude

to drop dead
  • Informal
52 8.4
to buzz off
  • Offensive
12 8.4
to go climb a tree
  • Informal
9.8
to go away
709 1.0

Surface Forms

go climb a tree infinitive
gone climb a tree past participle
going climb a tree present participle
go climbs a tree third person singular

Morphology

go + climb + a + tree

Although the constituents 'go', 'climb' and 'tree' have clear literal meanings, the expression is used idiomatically as a dismissive imperative meaning 'go away' or 'stop annoying me'. That pragmatic, insulting sense is not transparently derivable from the literal composition and varies cross‑linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the words would likely interpret it literally rather than infer the idiomatic meaning.

Etymology

Go climb a tree is an old, rude way to tell someone to go away. The phrase gives the image of sending a person off to do something silly or hard, like literally climb a tree, so it now means 'leave me alone' or 'stop annoying me'.