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cheese_it
cheese it
English
Phrase
- (idiomatic, slang) An imperative used as a warning to stop, hide, or flee
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:
- Knowing that Bobbie would be on sentry-go made all the difference. Any gangster will tell you that the strain and anxiety of busting a safe are greatly diminished if you've a look-out man ready at any moment to say “Cheese it, the cops!”
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Translations
a warning to stop, hide, or flee
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