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get thee behind me
get thee behind me
A phrase used to rebuke temptation. The full Biblical phrase is "Get thee behind me, Satan." You know I'm on a diet, and you're offering me ice cream? Get thee behind me!
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Avelina | | - | Ancient Germanic (Latinized) |
| Zemfira | | - | Tatar, Bashkir, Azerbaijani, Literature |
| Sauda | | - | Eastern African, Swahili |
| Dyson | | DIE-sən | English (Rare) |
| Andrei | | ahn-DRYAY (Russian) | Romanian, Russian, Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic |
| Cormac | | - | Irish |