cheese

2
[ cheez ]
/ tʃiz /

verb (used with object), cheesed, chees·ing. Slang.

to stop; desist.

Idioms for cheese

    cheese it,
    1. look out!
    2. run away!

Origin of cheese

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First recorded in 1805–15; perhaps alteration of cease

British Dictionary definitions for cheese it (1 of 2)

cheese 1
/ (tʃiːz) /

noun

the curd of milk separated from the whey and variously prepared as a food
a mass or complete cake of this substance
any of various substances of similar consistency, etc lemon cheese
big cheese slang an important person
as alike as chalk and cheese or as different as chalk and cheese See chalk (def. 6)

Word Origin for cheese

Old English cēse, from Latin cāseus cheese; related to Old Saxon kāsi

British Dictionary definitions for cheese it (2 of 2)

cheese 2
/ (tʃiːz) /

verb slang

(tr) to stop; desist
(intr) prison slang to act in a grovelling manner

Word Origin for cheese

C19: of unknown origin

Idioms and Phrases with cheese it (1 of 2)

cheese it

Stop, look out, as in Cheese it! Here come the cops! This term, generally stated as an imperative, may have been a replacement for the earlier “Stop at once.” Eric Partridge speculated that it may have been a corruption of Cease! but its true origin is not known. [Slang; mid-1800s]

Idioms and Phrases with cheese it (2 of 2)

cheese