"sod off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-sod off.ogg [Australia] Forms: sods off [present, singular, third-person], sodding off [participle, present], sodded off [participle, past], sodded off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=sod off}} sod off (third-person singular simple present sods off, present participle sodding off, simple past and past participle sodded off)
  1. (UK, Ireland, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial, dismissal) Go away. Tags: Ireland, UK, colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar Translations (go away): opsodemieteren (Dutch), häipyä (Finnish), painua vittuun [vulgar] (Finnish), suksia vittuun [vulgar] (Finnish), Leine ziehen (German), odczepić się [informal] (Polish), odwalić się [vulgar] (Polish), desaparecer (Portuguese), pôr-se a milhas (Portuguese), пойти на хрен (pojti na xren) [imperfective, vulgar] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-sod_off-en-verb-Fa7-ElPO Categories (other): British English, English dismissals, English phrasal verbs with particle (off), Irish English Synonyms: be off [standard], depart [standard], go [standard], go away [standard], leave [standard], take off [standard], take one's leave [standard], clear off [colloquial], fuck off [slang, vulgar], piss off [slang, vulgar] Synonyms (similar register): bugger off

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Why don't you just sod off and leave me alone?"
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          "word": "depart"
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            "standard"
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            "standard"
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          "word": "take off"
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        {
          "tags": [
            "standard"
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          "word": "take one's leave"
        },
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        "vulgar"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "go away",
          "word": "opsodemieteren"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "go away",
          "word": "häipyä"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "go away",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
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          "code": "fi",
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "go away",
          "word": "Leine ziehen"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "go away",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "odczepić się"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "go away",
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          "word": "odwalić się"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "go away",
          "word": "desaparecer"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "go away",
          "word": "pôr-se a milhas"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pojti na xren",
          "sense": "go away",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "vulgar"
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        }
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    {
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      "word": "depart"
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    {
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      "word": "go"
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        "standard"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "standard"
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      "word": "leave"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "standard"
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      "word": "take off"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "standard"
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      "word": "take one's leave"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
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      "word": "clear off"
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      "word": "fuck off"
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    {
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        "vulgar"
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      "word": "piss off"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "opsodemieteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "häipyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "go away",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "painua vittuun"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "go away",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "suksia vittuun"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "Leine ziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "go away",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "odczepić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "go away",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "odwalić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "desaparecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "pôr-se a milhas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pojti na xren",
      "sense": "go away",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "пойти на хрен"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sod off"
}

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