as in to depart
to leave a place often for another
I wish you would just bug off and leave me alone
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Recent Examples of bug off
Keep bugs off the guest list at your next outdoor gathering.
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Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 June 2025
To keep harlequin bugs off of vegetables, the simplest approach is to cover the plants immediately after planting.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2025
Relying on Pesticides For decades, many gardeners have relied on chemical pesticides to keep bugs off their plants.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2025
Blast bugs off your house with the garden hose.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
Relying on Pesticides For decades, many gardeners have relied on chemical pesticides to keep bugs off their plants.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2025
Additionally, it can be used to keep harmful bugs off your garden plants, if needed.
—Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2023
The kit also comes with a cleaning brush for getting the dead bugs off the wire grids.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2023
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
Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 June 2025
To keep harlequin bugs off of vegetables, the simplest approach is to cover the plants immediately after planting.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2025
Relying on Pesticides For decades, many gardeners have relied on chemical pesticides to keep bugs off their plants.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2025
Blast bugs off your house with the garden hose.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
Relying on Pesticides For decades, many gardeners have relied on chemical pesticides to keep bugs off their plants.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2025
Additionally, it can be used to keep harmful bugs off your garden plants, if needed.
—Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2023
The kit also comes with a cleaning brush for getting the dead bugs off the wire grids.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2023
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bug off
Verb
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Your domestic flight will depart at least three hours later than scheduled, or your international flight will depart at least six hours late.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
14 July 2025
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The team departed from Alexandria to the airport soon after what became its final match of the tournament.—
Lee Igel,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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The pilot and three passengers were able to safely exit the plane.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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Here, exiting through the gift shop—fittingly named Lucky Rabbit—is a way to keep the story going at home.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
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As reported by The Athletic, an agreement for the 20-year-old Japan international was reached for £5million ($6.8m, 1billion Japanese yen), which represents a record fee for a player in the J League — the top division of Japanese football — moving overseas.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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Through the soil created by centuries of decomposing plant life, through rocks ground down by shifting rivers and slowly moving mountains.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
8 July 2025
Verb
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The action by the state legislature, set to go into effect in 2026, has already led Scott to completely reshape the business model of what has been 7 Point Farm and Apothecary, formerly in the Midway Center on Lebanon Road.—
Maria Leontaras,
The Tennessean,
15 July 2025
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Yet analysts, employees and even the company have said Target faces issues that go well beyond the economy.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
Verb
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So much for my hope that Jess would get a promotion!—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
8 July 2025
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Maybe there's a path for Turner to get there eventually.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
Verb
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Sometimes the songs that end up going off live are deeper cuts on the album, but in this case, those two songs are going to translate really well for the live show.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
14 July 2025
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After a review of the replay, the call stood, and Schneider went off.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Like leave us alone, like get off of our land, like get the army out of our villages.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
13 July 2025
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The final round got off to a bad start for the 25-year-old, bogeying the first hole.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
Verb
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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tariffs, declining real wages, slowing growth: Japan’s central bank has its work cut out The Bank of Japan faces a stiff challenge: normalizing its monetary policy as growth slows amid steep U.S. tariffs, while real wages decline because of inflation.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
8 July 2025
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The footage cuts out at exactly 11:59:00 and picks back up at 12:00:00.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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