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Idiom

go play in the traffic

Meaning

To go elsewhere and feel free to engage in risky behavior; to get lost.

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

Examples

“Stop bothering me and go play in the traffic.”

“He kept making rude comments, so I told him to go play in the traffic.”

“After he insulted my family for the final time, I suggested he go play in the traffic rather than continue his tiresome charade.”

Examples

simple

“Stop bothering me and go play in the traffic.”

contextual

“He kept making rude comments, so I told him to go play in the traffic.”

complex

“After he insulted my family for the final time, I suggested he go play in the traffic rather than continue his tiresome charade.”

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