take a long walk on a short pier
take a long walk on a short pier verb: used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.
Verb
take a long walk on a short pier (third-person singular simple present takes a long walk on a short pier, present participle taking a long walk on a short pier, simple past took a long walk on a short pier, past participle taken a long walk on a short pier)
- Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.
- Well, it was a busy day and I was really cut down to size — in fact, once I was told to take a long walk on a short pier.1952, Hospitals: the journal of the American Hospital Association, volume 26, page 40
- She smiled, but she wasn't the same Tina who had told her banker dad to take a long walk on a short pier.2001, Tad Crawford, The Money Mentor: A Tale of Finding Financial Freedom, page 183
- Synonyms:
- get lost, go jump in the lake, beat it, push off, go away, fuck off, take a hike, piss off, bugger off, clear off
Synonyms of take a long walk on a short pier
- get lost
- go jump in the lake
- beat it
- push off
- go away
- fuck off
- take a hike
- piss off
- bugger off
- clear off
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Forms of take a long walk on a short pier
| third-person singular present | takes a long walk on a short pier |
|---|---|
| present participle | taking a long walk on a short pier |
| past | took a long walk on a short pier |
| past participle | taken a long walk on a short pier |
| alternative form | take a long walk off a short pier |
Questions about take a long walk on a short pier
- What does take a long walk on a short pier mean?
- Take a long walk on a short pier means used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.
- What part of speech is take a long walk on a short pier?
- Take a long walk on a short pier is a verb.
- What is the past tense of take a long walk on a short pier?
- The past tense of take a long walk on a short pier is took a long walk on a short pier.
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