piss off
verb
pissed off; pissing off; pisses off
British, informal + impolite
: to leave immediately : scram
—usually used as a command
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Aside from royally pissing off hordes of fans (with an average attendance of 25,048 per game, MLB turnstile spins in ’95 were down 20% compared to the league’s pre-strike mark of 31,240), the strike also coincided with a series of media shakeups.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
At the risk of pissing off regulars, my favorite spot is the Ear Inn, a historic pub haunted by a sailor named Mickey.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
Just let me be pissed off about it.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
Kirby and Simon must have known that Captain America was going to piss off a lot of very powerful people.
—Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
Mike lives a lonely life seemingly devoid of any interiority, working for an over-the-hill crime boss known as Money (Nick Nolte), whom Mike has managed to piss off with his less-than-spotless latest burglary.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
The other coach, he’d be all pissed off.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Gyllenhaal already knows this will piss off some traditional literary fanatics, as will other changes in her fantasy reimagining of the beloved monster tale.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Feb. 2026
In Serbian, these people were pissed off.
—Patrick McEnroe, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
At the risk of pissing off regulars, my favorite spot is the Ear Inn, a historic pub haunted by a sailor named Mickey.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
Just let me be pissed off about it.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
Kirby and Simon must have known that Captain America was going to piss off a lot of very powerful people.
—Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
Mike lives a lonely life seemingly devoid of any interiority, working for an over-the-hill crime boss known as Money (Nick Nolte), whom Mike has managed to piss off with his less-than-spotless latest burglary.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
The other coach, he’d be all pissed off.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Gyllenhaal already knows this will piss off some traditional literary fanatics, as will other changes in her fantasy reimagining of the beloved monster tale.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Feb. 2026
In Serbian, these people were pissed off.
—Patrick McEnroe, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Piss off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piss%20off. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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