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Difference between Kiss it off and Kiss off

kiss it off—(coll.) not deal with smth.; put it off:

  • Every hostage negotiation includes tense moments when one doubts the other side is operating in good faith and is tempted to kiss it off.

kiss offis used to rudely tell a person to go away (and stop being annoying):

  • That was before the time when women would have told him to kiss off in public. It wouldn’t go unchallenged these days.