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Idiom

go forth and multiply

Meaning

go fuck oneself; fuck off.

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

Examples

“He told me to go forth and multiply when I asked for help.”

“When the rude customer demanded a refund for his own mistake, the manager politely told him to go forth and multiply.”

“After years of being treated with utter disrespect by his superiors, he finally stood up for himself and told them all to go forth and multiply.”

Examples

simple

“He told me to go forth and multiply when I asked for help.”

contextual

“When the rude customer demanded a refund for his own mistake, the manager politely told him to go forth and multiply.”

complex

“After years of being treated with utter disrespect by his superiors, he finally stood up for himself and told them all to go forth and multiply.”

Origin

Alteration of the biblical phrase 'be fruitful and multiply', a commandment to have many offspring.

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