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- interjection idiomatic
Get lost ! - interjection idiomatic
Nonsense ! I don't believe you. - interjection idiomatic I
disagree .
Etymologies
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The earliest usage may be traced to a primary school in Dublin, Ireland. Initially, in the 1960s, the phrase meant what it literally denoted: it was a command to get up the yard, the school yard at St. Pius X National School in Templeogue, Dublin. Older pupils appointed as wardens would shout at children to Get up the yard!, away from the road.
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