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get up the yard

idiom
Meaning

Get lost!


Origin

disputed origin

The earliest usage may be traced to a primary school in Dublin, Ireland. Initially, in the 1960s, the phrase meant what it literally denoted: it was a command to get up the yard, the school yard at St. Pius X National School in Templeogue, Dublin. Older pupils appointed as wardens would shout at children to "get up the yard", away from the road.

Examples
SIMPLE

You are bothering me, so get up the yard.

CONTEXTUAL

Stop asking me for money and just get up the yard.

COMPLEX

After he insulted my family for the final time, I told him to get up the yard.

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