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
  • Eisner, Diller’s second in command, departed for Disney when he didn’t get promoted, and he was soon followed out the door by another rising young executive, Jeffrey Katzenberg.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Bailey departed Burberry in 2018 and was succeeded as chief creative officer by Riccardo Tisci, formerly the creative director at Givenchy (Marco Gobbetti took over Bailey’s CEO role in 2017).
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of departed
Verb
  • During that time the female lead Rosa Salazar exited, by all accounts a mutual decision, and Fumero came on board.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Éric Vallat, a former cognac executive who joined Lacoste as its chief executive officer last year, has exited the brand.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of exited
Verb
  • This week, SpaceX moved one step closer to its goal of building its direct-to-device Starlink Mobile service after the FCC approved the aerospace company’s application to deploy and operate 15,000 next-generation Starlink satellites.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • On the day Erica and Peter moved into 150 Charles, their attorney claims, they were greeted with a cluttered and dirty space that didn’t square with the $26,000-a-month rent.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • Not long after, Singh got an email from someone named Oppenheim.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
  • One of them got his start with money borrowed from his sister’s brothel.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of got
Verb
  • Jaguar once went head-to-head with competitors like Mercedes-Benz and BMW, making splashy appearances in James Bond films.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Moya went from doubting her ability to handle full-time work to thriving on it.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of went
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Four months after returning with The Boys of Dungeon Lane, Paul McCartney, never short of songs, has pulled out a handful more.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Then, Canton allegedly pulled out a Glock 9mm handgun and shot Jones twice.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of pulled out
Verb
  • Cristobal also didn’t think watching live that wide receiver Malachi Toney pushed off on his defender in the third quarter for an offensive pass interference call that wiped out a touchdown.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Brunson was pushed off to the side in other sketches, which wouldn’t have been that big of a deal if the sketches themselves had been stronger.
    — Rima Parikh, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of pushed off
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“Bugged off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bugged%20off. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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