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Synonyms & Antonyms of bug out
1
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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2
to leave a place often for another
- the strange visitor bugged out without so much as saying a word
Synonyms for bug out
- bail,
- bail out,
- begone,
- book
- [slang],
- bug off,
- 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
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Phrases Synonymous with bug out
- beat it,
- hit the road,
- pull stakes
- (or pull up stakes),
- take a hike
- (also take a walk),
- take a powder
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The first known use of bug out was in 1950
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