go chase yourself

go chase yourself

1. (dated) go away (and stop bothering me)
   • 1943, Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, HarperCollins, published 2005, →ISBN, page 18:

     One of the boys nudged him and said,
     "Hey! Your sister's followin' us."
     "Yeah," agreed Neeley. The boy turned around and yelled at Francie:
     "Go chase yourself!"

   • 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 147,

     "This is what I was trying to get at last night. Before you told me to chase myself...."

• go climb a tree
• go fly a kite
• go jump in the lake