bugging off

verb

present participle of bug off
as in departing
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 bugging off
  1. departing
  2. exiting
  3. moving
  4. running along
  5. going
  6. peeling off
  7. pulling out
  8. pushing off
Verb
  • Trump was secretly shuttled off an Air Force One jet and taken to a smaller, Air Force Boeing C-32A plane via a catering truck just before departing Ankara, Turkey, on July 8 multiple outlets reported.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Advertisement No Democratic lawmakers seeking other office have won their primaries so far, though some departing congressmembers on both sides are still awaiting primaries.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of departing
Verb
  • Ranju Das, the athleisure giant’s first-ever chief AI and technology officer, is exiting after less than a year on the job, Bloomberg reports.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Some of those exiting patrons made their way to hotels that saw a 25% revenue bump between the World Cup and Sail Boston.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of exiting
Verb
  • The first is, as mentioned, moving up to the A19 Pro from the A18 Pro; the annual cadence for the chipsets will carry over Neo's annual cadence to the MacBook .
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The Washington Nationals are moving CJ Abrams to second base in the coming days.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of moving
Verb
  • And, to his right, Koehn saw a man, later identified as 24-year-old Chad Williams, running along Blue Lakes with a rifle in his hands.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Two 911 callers reported seeing a child in a towel running along a state highway near the Scioto River, according to audio of the calls obtained by ABC News.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Definition of running along
Verb
  • Remember that the most amount of benefit occurs when going from none or little exercise to just a bit more.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The new order also puts a focus on Latino voters, with Nevada going second in the line-up, after Democrats lost ground with the key demographic in the 2024 presidential election.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of going
Verb
  • Ultimately, Farage decided that his party would only run candidates in areas that had traditionally been strongholds for Labour, in hopes of peeling off voters who couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Conservatives.
    — Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The act of peeling off that outer layer could transfer pathogens from the produce’s skin to the edible flesh.
    — Sarah Garone, HEALTH, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of peeling off
Verb
  • Republican Jim Shaw injected humor into his remarks, pulling out a Florida flag while distancing himself from substance use.
    — Joan Murray, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • But the timing of it is interesting, because that 2022 offseason has become a flashpoint in autopsies of Yzerman’s tenure, with some actually viewing it as an example of the general manager getting impatient and pulling out of the rebuild too soon.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of pulling out
Verb
  • Staying level-headed as teams weigh their many options, continuing to work on one’s game and pushing off vacations during free-agency years are some of his biggest takeaways.
    — PJ Green July 29, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
  • Pfendler began her 2,400-mile journey on May 21, pushing off from Monterey, and documented her journey with video updates on her @yourowkelsey social media pages.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
Definition of pushing off
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