BUGGED OFF Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

bugged off

verb

past tense of bug off

as in departed

to leave a place often for another I wish you would just bug off and leave me alone

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As expected, a significant chunk of key contributors from that historic 2026 team departed.

— Hunter DeLauder, AJC.com, 29 July 2026
The newlyweds, meanwhile, bounced over to Italy’s Lake Como and Florence for a mini-moon after everyone had departed.

— Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026

Definition of departed

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To make matters worse, All-Star first baseman Nick Kurtz exited the game with a left forearm contusion after he was hit by a pitch in the first inning.

— Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
Fever star center Aliyah Boston exited early with an apparent knee injury after landing awkwardly.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of exited

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Johnson was born in southern California and grew up in Omaha after her family moved there.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
The charge, which has since been dropped, was related to a dispute Dillon had with her former neighbors who had since moved and did not pursue the case, her lawsuit said.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

Definition of moved

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But then Lily somehow intuits the core evolutionary idea behind a man competing at naked limbo with a group of monkeys, even though neither Kaylin as explainer nor Zac as performer got what Lisa’s drawing was conveying.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 July 2026
Something as rudimentary as remembering the play calls as training camp got underway, was also top of mind.

— Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 28 July 2026

Definition of got

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In five of the spots, the dark blue Pipeliner 5000 coating had peeled off to reveal more of the same material.

— Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
New discs do not sound good with paper in them, and because these labels are pressed into records during manufacture, not stuck onto them after, they cannot simply be peeled off.

— Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026

Definition of peeled off

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When rates increase or stay elevated, life events, like home purchases or renovations, that drive the bulk of Home Depot's business get pushed off, if not canceled altogether.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Investigators say Collins and Tocci had been drinking with a group of friends before the two climbed into a canoe and pushed off onto Lake Hayward in East Haddam the night of March 21.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026

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