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go fly a kite

go fly a kite idiom

Also, go chase yourself or climb a tree or jump in the lake or sit on a tack or soak your head. Go away and stop bothering me, as in Quit it, go fly a kite, or Go jump in the lake. All of these somewhat impolite colloquial imperatives date from the first half of the 1900s and use go as described under go and.

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