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Where do you get off doing ...
A Where do you get off canceling my surgery ? You work for me. Got that ?
   
A Where do you get off being judge and jury ?
B I don't. I'm just pointing out a few facts that you're too hotheaded to think about.
   
A Where do you get off saying that ?
   
A Where do you get off judging me ?
   
A Where do you get off behaving like this ?
   
** To criticize or disagree with someone in a very direct and angry way **
I was sick of listening to his constant complaints, so I told him where to get off.
 
 

don't play dumb

slip my mind

a slip of the tongue

on the fence

beck and call

under a lot of pressure

under no circumstances

get over yourself

pipe dream

suck up

You're one to talk

steal one's thunder

swoop in

We all chipped in

barking up the wrong tree

ramble on

make peace with it

off and on

set in motion

too close to home

a walk in the park

go to great lengths

drop the ball

put sb up to sth

 

 

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