BUGGER OFF Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

bugger off

verb

Definition of bugger off

British slang

as in to exit

to leave a place often for another bugger off, or I'll call the police!

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Verb

Drivers will exit using the left lanes, while the two center lanes continue to the westbound Dolphin Expressway, and the right lane heads to northbound I-95.

— Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
Dry and cool week ahead After the rain exits Tuesday, North Texas will be dry and cool.

— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of exit

Verb

Those offseason moves, combined with the injuries, have withered the depth that had allowed Presti to be patient in trade negotiations during previous seasons, without feeling a need to make splashy midseason acquisitions.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
But Florida has decisively moved beyond an educational system dominated by a single operator — the school district — and toward a new construct where multiple operators provide choices for families.

— Thibaut Delloue, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of move

Verb

In fact, there is growing concern the current drought will only get worse.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Mbow Dem got the ball near the right corner of the box, shook Miami right back Gonzalo Lujan before taking a few dribbles to his left and rifling a shot into the left corner of the goal.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of get

Verb

All but 10% of those funds would go towards bolstering the state’s healthcare system.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
His tariffs and, in particular, go-it-alone war with Iran stoked inflation and sent the cost of gas, diesel, groceries and fertilizer soaring.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of go

Verb

The new map for the 3rd district cut out Republican strongholds like Roseville and Lincoln and now includes parts of Folsom, Rancho Cordova, Auburn, Truckee and South Lake Tahoe.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
The 2025 map, now suspended, would have cut out Kansas City’s urban core and extended deep into rural mid-Missouri, around Columbia and the Ozarks.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of cut out

Verb

Flight paths are planned in advance and followed autonomously by the airship, though a human pilot monitors missions from a control room in Paris and can step in if things go off track.

— Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026
What would feel like a relief to let go off at this point in your story?

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of go off

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