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go forth and multiply

idiom
Meaning

go fuck oneself; fuck off.


Origin

disputed origin

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

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.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  2. 02

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  3. 03

    and so forth

    Indicates that a list continues in a similar manner.

  4. 04

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  5. 05

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  6. 06

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  7. 07

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  8. 08

    easy come, easy go

    Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)

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