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Expressions used to drive away children:

GO PLAY 8
SCRAM 5
SHOO 5
GET LOST 4
BEAT IT 3
GO AWAY 3
GO ON 3
RUN ALONG 3
SCAT 3
SCOOT 3
VAMOOSE 3
GET OUT OF HERE 2
NOT NOW 2
SKEDADDLE 2
BUZZ OFF 1
FIND YOUR MOTHER 1
GET ALONG 1
GET HOME 1
GIT 1
GIT OUT OF HERE 1
GO FIND SOMETHING TO DO 1
GO HOME NOW 1
“GO HOME NOW, PLEASE. I THINK I HEAR YOUR MAMA/DAD CALLING FOR YOU” 1
GO ON NOW 1
GO OUTSIDE 1
GO WAY 1
I’M BUSY RIGHT NOW 1
LATER 1
MAKE LIKE A TREE AND LEAVE 1
MAKE LIKE THE WIND AND BLOW 1
OUT 1
PUT AN EGG IN YOUR SHOE AND BEAT IT 1
SCOOT! GO PLAY 1
SEE IF YOU CAN FIND . . . 1
TIME TO GO HOME 1

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