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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bugged off
  1. departed
  2. exited
  3. moved
  4. got
  5. went
  6. peeled off
  7. pulled out
  8. pushed off
Verb
  • After Barbera and Gyllenhaal departed, their spot at the podium was filled by George Clooney, this year’s recipient of the honorary Golden Lion.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier this year, a senior curator departed the AGO after reports that the museum had rejected a plan to acquire a work by Nan Goldin because the artist had described Israel’s war in Gaza as a genocide.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of departed
Verb
  • Legendary photographer Arthur Edwards was waiting to snap a photo as Jerry exited customs.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
  • All six people on board, including the two pilots, safely exited the aircraft.
    — Denis Akbari, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of exited
Verb
  • Michigan was 80 yards from the end zone with 10 seconds remaining and hadn’t moved the ball at all since its first drive.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Had moved from my very small town in northern Va to the big city of Richmond to begin my new career as a management trainee with a local bank at the princely sum of $11,000 per year at age 22.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • The rationale being that Frank Lampard got his tactics spot on at the Etihad and on another day – a day when Coventry were more decisive in front of goal – their head coach would have been celebrating an unlikely result.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The Niners left California last Wednesday, arrived in Australia on Friday and were set for their first practice of game week on Monday at AAMI Park in Melbourne feeling mostly refreshed after players got a day to explore the city.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of got
Verb
  • Even the odd chance to counter-attack went badly wrong — summed up by the sight of Ouattara almost knocking over team-mate Mikkel Damsgaard with a wayward pass.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • After that, Brown went silent, not answering any of Redding’s phone calls or text messages.
    — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of went
Verb
  • For months, boisterous fellows at Angels Stadium peeled off their shirts and begged Moreno to sell.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Many of the spines had peeled off, and Nidhi could see the string and glue that held the pages together.
    — Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of peeled off
Verb
  • The army has published footage of rescues via helicopter, and of people being pulled out of the hydropower tunnels, completely caked in mud.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Fans also protested against the potential £40m deal to sell homegrown talent Harrison Armstrong to Nottingham Forest, which Everton then pulled out of before the midfielder could travel for a medical.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of pulled out
Verb
  • In April, Williams hammered out a two-year extension that pushed off retirement talk and let the 49ers focus elsewhere in the draft instead of splurging on a replacement.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of pushed off
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