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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Interscope’s pop/rock and urban divisions were impacted by last week’s restructuring as Sam Riback, Interscope’s co-president and head of pop/rock A&R, as well as Nicole Wyskoarko, the label’s head of urban A&R, both departed.

— Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Strategy briefly departed from that stance earlier this year, however, selling Bitcoin on four separate occasions during a bear market that pushed the cryptocurrency’s price as low as $58,000 in June.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of departed

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Incoom exited the Eagles in the first half and didn’t return, and as a result the Panthers needed to do a whole bunch of roster magic to fill his role on special teams.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
Once the vehicle was parked, Pickens allegedly exited the car, walked to the driver’s side and opened the door.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

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Deloitte found only 25% of organizations have moved 40% or more of their AI pilots into production.

— Chris Koehler, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Trees fell onto homes and utility poles were knocked down by a possible tornado in a central Arizona community during a series of violent storms that moved through the state overnight into Thursday.

— Wufei Yu, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

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Large sheets of roofing material peeled off of the Rest and Relax Inn in Pensacola, Florida, due to powerful storm winds, as seen in footage posted to Instagram.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
Isaias peeled off hotel and condominium rooftops and facades along the Florida Panhandle before charging north Saturday, dishing out torrential rains and the threat of flash floods and tornadoes across the Southeast.

— Emilie Megnien, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of peeled off

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It was pushed off the 2026 release calendar by the streamer, as Portman could not participate in promotion due to her recent pregnancy, as IndieWire heard from a source.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
Right after a bow has been put on the situation, and the sea creature has been pushed off, the community discovers more massive chunks of ice that are nesting more violent monsters.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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