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cheesing

Main Entry:: ²cheese
Function:: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s):: cheesed; chees·ing
Etymology:: origin unknown
Date:: circa 1811

: to put an end to : stop

— cheese it

—used in the imperative as a warning of danger <cheese it, the cops>

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