go chase yourself

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Interjection

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go chase yourself

  1. (dated) go away (and stop bothering me)
    • 1943, Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, HarperCollins, published 2005, →ISBN, page 18:
      One of the boys nudged him and said,
      "Hey! Your sister's followin' us."
      "Yeah," agreed Neeley. The boy turned around and yelled at Francie:
      "Go chase yourself!"
    • 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 147,
      "This is what I was trying to get at last night. Before you told me to chase myself...."

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