BUGS OUT Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

bugs out

verb

present tense third-person singular of bug out

as in flies

to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening the ground soldiers bugged out just before the start of the aerial bombing

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as in exits

to leave a place often for another the strange visitor bugged out without so much as saying a word

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Recent Examples of bugs out Sealing cracks, maintaining your yard, and using insect barriers are the most effective ways to keep boxelder bugs out. —

Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025 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

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In recent days, video footage of Father Najib Amil, a Maronite Catholic priest in the mostly Christian village of Rmeich, Lebanon — about a mile, as the crow flies, from the Israeli border — has gone viral on social media.

— Lauren Frayer, NPR, 5 Apr. 2026
In Absolute Wonder Woman, drawn by Hayden, who is also part of this artistic new wave, Diana Prince is raised in Hades by the sorceress Circe to be a witch, not on Paradise Island by caring Amazonians, and flies on a skeleton horse.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026