bugs out

present tense third-person singular of bug out
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bugs out The clear lids have a tight seal that locks the temperature in and keeps the fire ants and love bugs out. Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bugs out
Verb
  • The Vikings’ equipment won’t return to the TCO Performance Center in full until Tuesday, after the team flies home.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Fiji Airways flies to several cities in the United States, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, and Honolulu, connecting them to Fiji and beyond.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Summer exits the frame and can be heard running across the apartment.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Audits and exits Brinkley’s time as interim chief will coincide with the beginning of a department audit and inspection ordered by the city and conducted by an unaffiliated third party organization.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rest & Relaxation follows Amandeep (Mani), who in seeking solace on the brink of a life-changing decision, retreats to a secluded bed and breakfast where the eclectic guests challenge her preconceptions of family.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Camilla lives at Ray Mill most of the time, while Charles retreats to Highgrove or Clarence House.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Prince Harry departs after visiting the Centre For Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College London, in England, on September 10, 2025.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Ivacic departs the Revolution after two seasons and 49 regular-season starts, with 12 clean sheets to his credit.
    Boston Herald staff, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As night falls amid the vast trees and lush greenery, a teenage boy breaks a window, climbs out of it and flees toward the forest on foot.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Along the way, Arenas is imprisoned for admitting to having slept with 5,000 men and eventually flees Cuba on the Mariel boatlift.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression is likely to form by mid to late week as the system moves west-northwestward.
    Daniel Peck, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • If the project moves forward, construction could begin in the early 2030s and complete later in the decade, Conway said.
    Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Parsley is a biennial that quickly bolts and dies the second year, and since second-year parsley is bitter, it’s typically grown as an annual.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Blast bugs off your house with the garden hose.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025

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“Bugs out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bugs%20out. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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