where do they get off

where do they get off
where do they get the right? how come?
  

Where do they get off telling me to slow down? Who asked them?


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  • tell someone where to get off (or where they get off) — informal angrily dismiss or rebuke someone. → tell …   English new terms dictionary

  • get off — phrasal verb Word forms get off : present tense I/you/we/they get off he/she/it gets off present participle getting off past tense got off past participle got off 1) a) [intransitive/transitive, usually in imperative] used for telling someone to… …   English dictionary

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  • tell someone where to get off — (informal) To deal summarily or dismissively with someone • • • Main Entry: ↑get tell someone where to get off (informal) To tell someone that his or her behaviour will not be tolerated • • • Main Entry: ↑where * * * tell someone where to get off …   Useful english dictionary

  • get — [ get ] (past tense got [ gat ] ; past participle gotten [ gatn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 obtain/receive ▸ 2 become/start to be ▸ 3 do something/have something done ▸ 4 move to/from ▸ 5 progress in activity ▸ 6 fit/put something in a place ▸ 7 understand… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • tell somebody where to get off they can get off — tell sb where to get ˈoff/where they can get ˈoff idiom (BrE, informal) to make it clear to sb that you will no longer accept their bad behaviour Main entry: ↑tellidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • tell somebody where to get where they can get off — tell sb where to get ˈoff/where they can get ˈoff idiom (BrE, informal) to make it clear to sb that you will no longer accept their bad behaviour Main entry: ↑tellidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • get — [c]/gɛt / (say get) verb (got, got or, Chiefly US, gotten, Archaic, gat, getting) –verb (t) 1. to obtain, gain, or acquire by any means: to get favour by service; get a good price. 2. to fetch or bring: I w …  

  • get — gettable, getable, adj. /get/, v., got or (Archaic) gat; got or gotten; getting, n. v.t. 1. to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension. 2. to cause to be in one s possession or succeed …   Universalium

  • get — /get/ verb past tense got, past participle got especially BrE gotten especially AmE present participle getting RECEIVE/OBTAIN 1 RECEIVE (transitive not in passive) to be given or receive something: Sharon always seems to get loads of mail. | Why… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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