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Phrase(s): Make my day!
Inf. Go ahead, do what you are going to do, and I will be very happy to do what I have to do! (A catchphrase from a movie scene of a police officer who has a gun pointed at a criminal. The police officer wants the criminal to do something that will justify pulling the trigger, which the police officer will do with pleasure. Used in real life in any context, and especially in sarcasm.) • Move a muscle! Go for your gun! Go ahead, make my day! • Make my day. Just try it., Phrase(s): (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!" • 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! • Sally: I’ve got some bad news for you. John: Go ahead, make my day!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs