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Idiom

get bent

Meaning

Used to dismiss a person or what they are saying, and end the conversation.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He told his rude boss to get bent.”

“When the scammer asked for my bank details, I told him to get bent and hung up.”

“After years of enduring his condescending remarks, she finally looked him in the eye and told him to get bent.”

Examples

simple

“He told his rude boss to get bent.”

contextual

“When the scammer asked for my bank details, I told him to get bent and hung up.”

complex

“After years of enduring his condescending remarks, she finally looked him in the eye and told him to get bent.”

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