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go play in the traffic en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic, imperative-only, infinitive, often) To go elsewhere and feel free to engage in risky behavior; to get lost.
    • Comment by CyndiChainsaW: Yeah your homophobia is ridiculous. You should go play in the traffic. 2014 June 5, “'Star Trek' Writer Settles Capt. Debate . . . Kirk vs. Picard”, in TMZ, retrieved 07 Dec 2015:
    • “[S]he was pretty rude to me.” Jake has told The News that one member of staff told him to “go and play in the traffic”. 2014 Nov. 14, "‘I was banned from Tesco... for wearing a onesie’," The News (Portsmouth, England) (retrieved 7 Dec 2015)
    • [H]is father is not a talkative man, so all he ever got was monosyllabic answers speedily followed by an instruction to do the dishes or go play in the traffic. 2012 July 9, Terry Prone, “That ‘I must be adopted’ belief is more widespread than I thought”, in Irish Examiner, Ireland, retrieved 07 Dec 2015:
    • Suppose the high-skilled worker came into your office and demanded $55 a day. What would be your response? You’d probably tell him to go play in the traffic and hire the three low-skilled workers. 2013 March 5, Walter E. Williams, “Minimum wage has racist origin”, in Amarillo Globe News, retrieved 07 Dec 2015:

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Synonyms

go away