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out upon

out upon interjection: shame on; away with; curses upon.

Interjection

out upon

  1. (archaic) Shame on; away with; curses upon.
    • You skie-ſtaring Cocks combes you: you fat braines, out upon you; you are good for nothing but to ſweat night-caps, and make rug-gownes deare: […]1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii...
    • Clown: Out upon him! prig, for my life, prig: he haunts wakes, fairs and bear-baitings.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    Synonyms:
    a pox on, fie upon, to hell with

Synonyms of out upon

Forms of out upon

alternative formout on

Questions about out upon

What does out upon mean?
Out upon means shame on; away with; curses upon.
What part of speech is out upon?
Out upon is an interjection.

Words near out upon in the dictionary

  1. out to
  2. out to get someone
  3. out to lunch
  4. out trade
  5. out trades
  6. out upon
  7. out west
  8. out with it
  9. out'n
  10. out-
  11. out-and-back

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