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Synonyms
- bail
- bail out
- begone
- book [slang]
- bug out
- bugger off [British slang]
- buzz (off)
- clear off [chiefly British]
- clear out
- cut out
- depart
- dig out
- exit
- get
- get off
- go
- go off
- move
- pack (up or off)
- part
- peel off
- pike (out or off)
- pull out
- push off
- push on
- quit
- run along
- sally (forth)
- scarper [British]
- shove (off)
- step (along)
- take off
- vamoose
- walk out
Examples of bug off in a Sentence
I wish you would just bug off and leave me alone
Recent Examples on the Web
The San Antonio Zoo is offering a special Valentine’s Day greeting for exes who just won’t bug off.
—Yenny Sanchez, CNN, 29 Jan. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
probably short for bugger off
First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near bug off
Cite this Entry
“Bug off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bug%20off. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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