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
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
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
bugged off
verb
as in departed
to leave a place often for another I wish you would just bug off and leave me alone Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- departed
- exited
- moved
- bugged out
- got
- went
- peeled off
- pushed off
- cut out
- pulled out
- got off
- pushed on
- dug out
- ran along
- bailed out
- walked out
- escaped
- evacuated
- beat it
- went off
- buggered off
- cleared off
- fled
- started
- cleared out
- parted
- took off
- quit
- pulled stakes
- bailed
- pulled up stakes
- flew
- set out
- shoved (off)
- buzzed (off)
- took a powder
- stepped (along)
- hit the road
- packed (up or off)
- quitted
- retired
- took a hike
- sallied (forth)
- scarpered
- booked
- withdrew
- piked (out or off)
- took a walk
- vamoosed
- struck out
- retreated
- emigrated
- ran away
- got out
- stepped out
- skipped
- went out
- mizzled
- removed
- deserted
- abandoned
- lighted out
- lit
- absconded
- decamped
- vacated
- scrammed
- forsook
- scatted
- adjourned
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- came
- turned up
- arrived
- remained
- stayed
- settled
- closed
- showed up
- dwelt
- lodged
- approached
- reached
- hit
- neared
- abode
- abided
- dwelled
- landed
- tarried