cheese it

cheese it meaning in Arabic

Examples of cheese it in a sentence

• Two or three 'hallos!' and 'now thens!' accompanied by a strong recommendation to 'cheese it' (i. e., act of cessation), cause these trifling annoyances to cease.1859, George Augustus Henry Sala, “Strollers at Dumbledowndeary”, in Gaslight and Daylight, page 328:
• Any gangster will tell you that the strain and anxiety of busting a safe are greatly diminished if you've a look-out man ready at any moment to say “Cheese it, the cops!”1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:

Synonyms of cheese it

• punch it
• desist
• heads up

Origin of cheese it

Unknown, but lexicographer Eric Partridge speculated that it may be a corruption of cease. Originally thieves' cant. In his Vocabulary of the Flash Language, author and former convict James Hardy Vaux (1782-?) defined cheese it as synonymous with stash it and stow it, all meaning to desist or leave off.

Questions about cheese it

What does cheese it mean?

Cheese it means an imperative used as a warning to stop, hide, or flee.

What is cheese it in Arabic?

Cheese it in Arabic is توقف. See Cheese it meaning in Arabic.

How do you use cheese it in a sentence?

Two or three 'hallos!' and 'now thens!' accompanied by a strong recommendation to 'cheese it' (i. e., act of cessation), cause these trifling annoyances to cease.

What part of speech is cheese it?

Cheese it is a phrase.