Get-up-the-yard Definition
interjection
(idiomatic, Dublin) Get lost!
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(idiomatic, Dublin) Nonsense! I don't believe you.
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(idiomatic, Dublin) I disagree.
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Origin of Get-up-the-yard
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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.
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