cheese it

cheese it
vb
American
to beware, hide or run away. This old phrase, normally used in the form of an exclamation such as 'cheese it - the cops!', has become a comic cliche in the USA. It may once have been used by members of the underworld (in Britain) or it may be a pre-1900 invention by writers or journalists. In any case it is actually heard in use today, usually somewhat facetiously by adults and straightforwardly by children. cheesy adj
a.
unpleasant, unsavoury, squalid, disreputable, underhanded. The original notion of smelly cheese has encompassed a number of nuances of distaste.
The word became extremely fashionable in 1990s youth slang.
a cheesy place
a cheesy thing to do
► 'It was a degrading, lying, cheating piece of cheesiness.' (John Lydon [characterising Alec Cox's film Sid and Nancy], BBC television, 1989)
b.
outdated and/or in poor taste in a pleasant or amusing way

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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