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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
  • The show’s cast from last season will largely return, save for Bowen Yang, who left SNL midway through last season, and Chloe Fineman, who departed over the summer.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Tariq departed the following year over production delays, and Ali confirmed in July that the project was officially dead.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of departed
Verb
  • That was enough for Misiorowski, who exited after throwing 82 pitches — 43 at 100 mph or more — to strengthen his grasp on his first Cy Young Award.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Jackson Hospital exited Chapter 11 this week after reaching a four-year agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of exited
Verb
  • She’s haunted by her divorce from Donn, and her greatest fear is being alone, which is becoming more and more of a real possibility, especially since her family has largely moved away.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Diane was a blender of hair and plaid, while Aurora moved solidly, pushing a wheelbarrow.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • But Jon Hamm, strolling up to present the next award, got the better joke in.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Maresca’s players followed soon after; Iliman Ndiaye, an inspired half-time substitute, was hanging around at the back of the group when Ruben Dias grabbed him and thrust him to the front, ensuring the new signing got a deserved ovation.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 14 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
  • On Wednesday, all of the other support acts booked for Sheeran’s tour, including Finneas, Lukas Graham, and Aaron Rowe pulled out of the tour in support of Macklemore.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Suleiman Abu Hmeida, a member of the Emergency Response Rooms, said that rescuers pulled out 82 bodies by Wednesday afternoon.
    — Yasir Abdallah, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of pulled out
Verb
  • 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
Definition of pushed off
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