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Turkish · Rejection & Catcalls

Yürü git!

yew-REW GEET · /jyˈɾy ɟit/

Get outta here / off you go / do one

2/5 Bar-safe

coarse but friendly; fine among acquaintances

Literally

"Walk (and) go"

Word-for-word — which is rarely what it means.

How to use it

Lighter dismissal — "off you go." Confusingly, "yürü be!" and "yürü oradan!" can be admiring disbelief ("get outta here, no way you did that!") rather than rejection, so tone is everything. As a brush-off to an unwanted approach it's firm but not vicious. The friendly cousin of "defol."

Heard in the wild

İlgilenmiyorum, yürü git.

I'm not interested — off you go.

Where it lands

Turkey-wide; universal

Quick answers

What does "Yürü git!" mean?
In Turkish, "Yürü git!" means "Get outta here / off you go / do one". Literally it's "Walk (and) go". Lighter dismissal — "off you go." Confusingly, "yürü be!" and "yürü oradan!" can be admiring disbelief ("get outta here, no way you did that!") rather than rejection, so tone is everything. As a brush-off to an unwanted approach it's firm but not vicious. The friendly cousin of "defol."
Is "Yürü git!" offensive?
It's on the mild end — 2/5 (Bar-safe) on the Punch-o-Meter. coarse but friendly; fine among acquaintances.
How do you pronounce "Yürü git!"?
Say it "yew-REW GEET" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: jyˈɾy ɟit.

Related in Turkish

Lan LAHN Man / dude / hey — a rough vocative that dials the whole sentence up or down Hadi be! hah-DEE BEH Get outta here! / No way! / Yeah right! Ayıp! ah-YUHP Shame on you! / That's not on! Aman! ah-MAHN Oh come on / whatever / good grief Salak sah-LAHK Idiot / dummy Defol! deh-FOL Get lost! / Get out! / Piss off!

The same idea, elsewhere

Via concepts like "Get lost".

how to say "Get lost" →how to say "No way" →

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