Get Thee Behind Me Meaning

Get Thee Behind Me is an idiom. The meaning of this idiom is (idiomatic) Do not tempt or torment me; I reject you, your statements, or your beliefs.. Explore more Idiom Meanings.

Get Thee Behind Me

(idiomatic) Do not tempt or torment me; I reject you, your statements, or your beliefs.

Example : 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet, ch. 16:  "Jesu Maria!" exclaimed the younger. "Oh, fie, Sister Seraphina! Fie, fie!--VADE RETRO--get thee behind me!"1904, Jerome K. Jerome, Tommy and Co., ch. 4:  Peter most assuredly would have risen in his wrath, would have said to his distinguished-looking temptress, "Get thee behind me, Miss Ramsbotham."1998 Oct. 15, Tony Karon, "Postmodern Papacy?," Time (retrieved 25 Aug 2015):  Get thee behind me, Derrida! Skeptical postmodernists may have reduced the certainties of Western intellectual life to a pile of gaudy plastic tchotchkes, but Pope John Paul II is fighting back.2005 Nov. 26, Ian Irvine, "btw," Independent (UK) (retrieved 25 Aug 2015):  Get thee behind me, Santa. Curious news from Germany, where a group has launched a campaign to persuade people to turn their backs on Santa Claus and return to St Nicholas instead.

Meaning of Get Thee Behind Me

Get Thee Behind Me is an idiom. It is one of the most commonly used expressions in English writings. Get Thee Behind Me stands for (idiomatic) Do not tempt or torment me; I reject you, your statements, or your beliefs.. Explore Urdupoint to find out more popular Idioms and Idiom Meanings, to amplify your writings

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