Synonyms of bugging out

bugging out

verb

present participle of bug out

1

as in retreating

to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening

the ground soldiers bugged out just before the start of the aerial bombing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retreating
• fleeing
• flying
• bolting
• running away
• running off
• running
• beating it
• turning tail
• beating a retreat
• escaping
• making tracks
• hightailing (it)
• breaking
• getting (away)
• skipping (out)
• getting out
• clearing out
• making off
• lighting out
• skedaddling
• lamming
• mizzling
• absconding
• skirring
• eloping
• scramming
• decamping
• scarpering
• scatting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confronting
• facing
• daring
• hanging around
• defying
• braving
• remaining
• lingering
• staying
• sticking around
• dwelling
• bearding
• abiding
• tarrying

2

as in exiting

to leave a place often for another

the strange visitor bugged out without so much as saying a word

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exiting
• departing
• moving
• running along
• going
• buzzing (off)
• peeling off
• pulling out
• walking out
• packing (up or off)
• stepping (along)
• pushing on
• digging out
• getting
• pushing off
• bailing out
• shoving (off)
• getting off
• cutting out
• going off
• clearing out
• taking off
• taking a walk
• sallying (forth)
• clearing off
• beating it
• buggering off
• pulling up stakes
• bugging off
• starting
• hitting the road
• evacuating
• fleeing
• escaping
• taking a powder
• piking (out or off)
• taking a hike
• pulling stakes
• parting
• striking out
• bailing
• flying
• quitting
• setting out
• running away
• booking
• vamoosing
• getting out
• withdrawing
• going out
• retiring
• scarpering
• stepping out
• retreating
• emigrating
• skipping
• lighting out
• mizzling
• abandoning
• removing
• absconding
• deserting
• vacating
• forsaking
• scramming
• decamping
• scatting
• adjourning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coming
• showing up
• arriving
• remaining
• turning up
• staying
• settling
• approaching
• abiding
• lodging
• closing
• dwelling
• nearing
• reaching
• hitting
• tarrying
• landing