BUG OUT Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

bug out

verb

Definition of bug out

as in to retreat

to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening the ground soldiers bugged out just before the start of the aerial bombing

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as in to depart

to leave a place often for another the strange visitor bugged out without so much as saying a word

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Verb

Officials say people who encounter a wolf should not run, but rather make noises, maintain eye contact and retreat slowly.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
There was television, which, starting in the nineteen-fifties, kept kids indoors; also, houses got a lot bigger, and families smaller, so that most kids suddenly had the option of retreating to their own bedrooms.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of retreat

Verb

Craig Mulholland, the head of development and talent management, departed at the end of the season to take on a new role as chief football officer at the Scottish FA.

— Paul Taylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Sanders, the tight end going into his third year, was drafted, after all, to provide an explosive and reliable receiving threat that the Panthers haven’t had since Greg Olsen departed in 2019.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of depart

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Lyle’s status has been in limbo since he was arrested in mid-August on a warrant stemming from charges for aggressively fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer and reckless driving in mid-July.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2026
Many Muslim Americans hid or fled; between 2002 and 2003, thirteen thousand faced deportation proceedings.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of flee

Verb

The Minot operation took that work a step further by moving an entire system for refurbishment.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Over the course of Exile, TV Rain’s studios as well as its various employees will be forced to move countries multiple times, everybody’s life and career atomized across the globe.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of move

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Turek is garnering 46% of the vote to Hinson’s 42%, while Libertarian candidate Thomas Laehn is getting 6%, and 6% of voters are undecided, according to the survey from Global Strategy Group conducted for Turek’s campaign.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
However, when the UK is involved, things get more complicated.

— Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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