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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Since then Parker has departed slightly from her original squiggle-core ceramics to design a jewelry collection, a rug collection, a Lulu and Georgia furniture collection, and—as of today—a 12-piece lighting collection with the same retailer.

— Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2026
Flight turns dangerous FZ1073 departed Dubai International Airport bound for Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of departed

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Cindy Holland, who led Paramount’s streaming division, exited yesterday, paving the way for HBO chief Casey Bloys to take the reins.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
Grande also withdrew from the upcoming London West End revival of Sunday in the Park With George, which was scrapped after Jonathan Bailey also exited the production.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

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And in the subadult part of the bracket, Bear #89 (Backpack) and Brady Bunch member 620 each moved onto the next round.

— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2026
But Booker, according to Mills, brought Blumenthal—Connecticut’s other senator—into the effort and ultimately moved forward with a bill, against Murphy’s wishes.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of moved

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The skin of an eggplant is edible and contains much of the vegetable’s antioxidant content, including nasunin, though very large or older eggplants may have a tougher skin that is best peeled off.

— Bridget Shirvell, Martha Stewart, 13 Sep. 2026
With Doak’s game clock defunct, ESPN peeled off one of its scorebug operators to shadow the officials, starting and stopping the on-screen time by hand, second by second.

— Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of peeled off

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The 37-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina, later pulled over on the side of the interstate, got out of his car and pulled out a gun, police said.

— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
One advantage of using orbital data instead of moon rocks is that the samples were pulled out of their geological context more than 50 years ago, according to Mittelholz.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of pulled out

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Waiters circulated with trays of fig-leaf fizzes as the boat pushed off.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
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

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