# Do Britons use the phrase “Get away!” or “Get away with you!” to mean “Come on!”?

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**Created:** [April 29, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-britons-use-the-phrase-get-away-or-get-away-with-you-to-mean-come-on/718817 "2015-04-29T15:39:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 2, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-britons-use-the-phrase-get-away-or-get-away-with-you-to-mean-come-on/718817/41 "2015-05-02T13:10:06Z")

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> [@Aro](#):
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> ‘Give Over!’ specifically means ‘shut up’\*, and in this form is used by many countries in this context, and even in the US (I hear it in movies), for the same feigned incredulous response to hearing something fantastical. as in ‘whaaaatt…_ **SHuuuuT** _ UP, girlfriend!!’
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> It’s fairly commonly heard in [Norn Iron](http://www.inyourpocket.com/northern-ireland/belfast/How-till-spake-Norn-Iron-A-guide-to-local-phrases_70619f) too.
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> - whist your noise!

Not in my experience.

My experience including having a Dad from Sheffield and hence being in that area of the country a lot.

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