bug off
verb
bugged off; bugging off; bugs off
intransitive verb
: leave, depart —usually used as a command
Synonyms
- bail
- bail out
- begone
- book [slang]
- bug out
- bugger off [British slang]
- buzz (off)
- clear off [chiefly British]
- clear out
- cut out
- depart
- dig out
- exit
- get
- get off
- go
- go off
- move
- pack (up or off)
- part
- peel off
- pike (out or off)
- pull out
- push off
- push on
- quit
- run along
- sally (forth)
- scarper [British]
- shove (off)
- step (along)
- take off
- vamoose
- walk out
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Example Sentences
I wish you would just bug off and leave me alone
Word History
Etymology
probably short for bugger off
First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above
bug off
verb
as in to exit
to leave a place often for another I wish you would just bug off and leave me alone Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- exit
- depart
- move
- bug out
- go off
- go
- get
- get off
- peel off
- cut out
- part
- push off
- bugger off
- run along
- clear off
- walk out
- bail out
- pull out
- clear out
- dig out
- take off
- escape
- push on
- beat it
- start
- evacuate
- flee
- bail
- quit
- take a powder
- fly
- take a hike
- set out
- pull up stakes
- pull stakes
- sally (forth)
- book
- hit the road
- take a walk
- buzz (off)
- step (along)
- strike out
- pike (out or off)
- begone
- run away
- withdraw
- shove (off)
- get out
- vamoose
- retreat
- light out
- retire
- scarper
- pack (up or off)
- step out
- go out
- skip
- emigrate
- desert
- abandon
- remove
- scat
- scram
- abscond
- decamp
- forsake
- vacate
- mizzle
- adjourn
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- turn up
- come
- arrive
- remain
- stay
- dwell
- show up
- approach
- close
- settle
- abide
- near
- reach
- hit
- lodge
- land
- tarry