bugged off

past tense of bug off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bugged off
Verb
  • That was the year that David Rhodes departed after eight years.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • After the Panthers lost their opening two Central Conference games in the Budweiser League against the Luton Flyers and Birmingham Bulls, Raitz departed.
    Peter Carline, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Mike Evans and Chris Godwin were inactive, while Emeka Egbuka exited with a hamstring injury and did not return.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The Mean Girls star exited the series in 2006, leaving Poehler and the Late Night host with two additional years together before Poehler left in 2008.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With that goal, Messi moved into first place in the Golden Boot race, one goal ahead of Denis Bouanga of Los Angeles FC, who is away on national team duty with Gabon.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
  • During that time, my mother developed dementia and was moved into a senior-care facility.
    Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Dodgers got past the Phillies without their bats ever really coming to life.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Went through the progression as normal and got two negative plays in a row after the screen.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Smith-Schuster tumbled backward to the ground, jumped up and went after Branch.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Showing confidence the whole night that the outcome wouldn’t really be in doubt, BSU went for it seven times on fourth down, converting six of those.
    Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This culminated in Malen’s first goal, with Boubacar Kamara playing an exceptional through ball into the Netherlands international’s path, having peeled off Burnley centre-back Maxime Esteve.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Yungblud joined the pair at the front of the stage for the final chorus while Perry peeled off a solo.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lamarr said Wilks then pulled out a firearm and struck the off-duty officer with it, an act also captured on camera.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • In do-or-die Game 5, Milwaukee pulled out the victory at home.
    Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In both France and Russia popular political satire shows with puppets ran afoul of those in power and were pushed off the air.
    Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
  • If Troy Franklin hadn’t pushed off and dropped a wide-open end-zone slant from Nix in the fourth quarter, the quarterback’s day against the Chargers (14 of 25, 153 yards, a touchdown, no interceptions) looks completely different.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Bugged off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bugged%20off. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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