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go chase yourself

go chase yourself interjection: go away (and stop bothering me).

Interjection

  1. (dated) Go away (and stop bothering me).
    • 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!"1943, Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, HarperCollins, published 2005, →ISBN, page 18
    • "This is what I was trying to get at last night. Before you told me to chase myself...."1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 147

Questions about go chase yourself

What does go chase yourself mean?
Go chase yourself means go away (and stop bothering me).
What part of speech is go chase yourself?
Go chase yourself is an interjection.

Words near go chase yourself in the dictionary

  1. go by the name of
  2. go by the wayside
  3. go bye-bye
  4. go cahoots
  5. go chapter 11
  6. go chase yourself
  7. go cheap
  8. go climb a tree
  9. go code
  10. go codes
  11. go combo

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