(Go ahead,) make my day!

(Go ahead,) make my day!
(Go ahead,) make my day!
1. Just try to do me harm or disobey me. I will enjoy punishing you. (From a phrase said in a movie where the person saying the phrase is holding a gun on a villain and would really like the villain to do something that would justify firing the gun. Compare this with Keep it up!) •

The crook reached into his jacket for his wallet. The cop, thinking the crook was about to draw a gun, said, “Go ahead, make my day!”

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As Bill pulled back his clenched fist to strike Tom, who is much bigger and stronger than Bill, Tom said, “Make my day!”

2. Go ahead, ruin my day!; Go ahead, give me the bad news. (A sarcastic version ofQ.) •

Tom (standing in the doorway): Hello, I'm with the Internal Revenue Service. Could I come in? Mary: Go ahead, make my day!

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Sally: I've got some bad news for you. John: Go ahead, make my day!


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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