pee off
verbEtymology From piss off, pee being the first letter of (and a euphemism for) piss.
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Euphemistic, Humorous, Sometimes Synonym of piss off (all senses)
- 1973, Leo Simpson, The Peacock Papers, Macmillan, page 9 (dialogue): He pees me off on TV. Have we anything of his I could read? page 37 (dialogue): Pee off, this is a private conversation, hey?
- 1984, William Goldman, The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway, Limelight Editions, →ISBN, page 131, I think, subconsciously, this is every performer's nightmare: that you're going to pee them off so much they're going to come up on stage and kill you.
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- 2005, "BC–The Cycling Geek", quoted in Graham Pond, London by London, The Friday Project Ltd (2005), →ISBN, page 150, Anyway, back to the red light point – it's knackering cycling around, and if one thing pees me off it's getting some good momentum up and then having to stop at a pedestrian crossing because someone's pressed the button then crossed anyway […]
- Derived terms
- peed off