phrase General Slang

go and play up your own end

go and PLAY up yer OWN END · phrase · informal

Clear off; go away and bother someone else.

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Definitions

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A dismissal telling someone (often kids) to go away. A Brummie/Black Country classic.

“Go and play up your own end, we're busy here.”
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go and play up your own end In A Sentence

Go and play up your own end, we're busy here.

Origin & Usage

Brummie/Black Country idiom; 'your own end' meaning your own street.

People Also Ask

What does 'go and play up your own end' mean?

It's a dismissal telling someone, often kids, to clear off and go bother people on their own street.

What does 'your own end' mean?

'Your own end' means your own street or part of the neighbourhood.

Where is the phrase from?

It's a Brummie and Black Country idiom from the West Midlands.

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