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Expressions used to drive away children:

GO PLAY8
SCRAM5
SHOO5
GET LOST4
BEAT IT3
GO AWAY3
GO ON3
RUN ALONG3
SCAT3
SCOOT3
VAMOOSE3
GET OUT OF HERE2
NOT NOW2
SKEDADDLE2
BUZZ OFF1
FIND YOUR MOTHER1
GET ALONG1
GET HOME1
GIT1
GIT OUT OF HERE1
GO FIND SOMETHING TO DO1
GO HOME NOW1
“GO HOME NOW, PLEASE. I THINK I HEAR YOUR MAMA/DAD CALLING FOR YOU”1
GO ON NOW1
GO OUTSIDE1
GO WAY1
I’M BUSY RIGHT NOW1
LATER1
MAKE LIKE A TREE AND LEAVE1
MAKE LIKE THE WIND AND BLOW1
OUT1
PUT AN EGG IN YOUR SHOE AND BEAT IT1
SCOOT! GO PLAY1
SEE IF YOU CAN FIND . . .1
TIME TO GO HOME1

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