"take a hike" meaning in English

See take a hike in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Audio: En-au-take a hike.ogg
Head templates: {{en-interj}} take a hike
  1. (Canada, US, dismissal) Go away! Tags: Canada, US
    Sense id: en-take_a_hike-en-intj-Tr01ZIMb Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English dismissals, English dismissals, English entries with incorrect language header, English light verb constructions, English predicates, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English dismissals: 89 6 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 18 25 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 74 15 11 Disambiguation of English predicates: 63 22 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 58 27 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 26 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 17 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 60 27 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 58 25 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 60 27 13

Verb

Audio: En-au-take a hike.ogg Forms: takes a hike [present, singular, third-person], taking a hike [participle, present], took a hike [past], taken a hike [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a hike}} take a hike (third-person singular simple present takes a hike, present participle taking a hike, simple past took a hike, past participle taken a hike)
  1. To go hiking. Translations (go hiking): patikoida (Finnish), Wandern gehen (German), drumeți (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-take_a_hike-en-verb-LqNGn9vZ Disambiguation of 'go hiking': 95 5
  2. (idiomatic, often imperative) To go away; to leave or depart. Tags: idiomatic, imperative, often
    Sense id: en-take_a_hike-en-verb-rc~cXvRH

Inflected forms

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          "word": "patikoida"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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