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单词 bugged out
释义

bug out

verb

bugged out; bugging out; bugs out

intransitive verb

1
: to retreat during a military action
especially : to flee in panic
2
: to depart especially in a hurry
bugout
ˈbəg-ˌau̇t How to pronounce bug out (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • bolt
  • break
  • flee
  • fly
  • hightail (it)
  • retreat
  • run
  • run away
  • run off
  • skedaddle
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Example Sentences

the ground soldiers bugged out just before the start of the aerial bombing the strange visitor bugged out without so much as saying a word
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Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined at sense 1

bugged out

verb

past tense of bug out
1
as in fled
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening the ground soldiers bugged out just before the start of the aerial bombing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • fled
  • retreated
  • flew
  • bolted
  • ran off
  • ran away
  • escaped
  • run
  • beat it
  • beat a retreat
  • turned tail
  • ran
  • broke
  • made tracks
  • got out
  • hightailed (it)
  • cleared out
  • skedaddled
  • skirred
  • lighted out
  • mizzled
  • made off
  • skipped (out)
  • lit
  • lammed
  • scatted
  • absconded
  • decamped
  • scarpered
  • eloped
  • got (away)
  • scrammed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • confronted
  • faced
  • dared
  • hung around
  • bearded
  • defied
  • braved
  • remained
  • stayed
  • lingered
  • dwelt
  • stuck around
  • dwelled
  • tarried
  • abode
  • abided
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2
as in departed
to leave a place often for another the strange visitor bugged out without so much as saying a word

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • departed
  • exited
  • moved
  • got
  • went
  • cut out
  • pulled out
  • bugged off
  • pushed off
  • peeled off
  • dug out
  • pushed on
  • got off
  • bailed out
  • ran along
  • escaped
  • evacuated
  • walked out
  • beat it
  • started
  • fled
  • cleared out
  • went off
  • cleared off
  • buggered off
  • parted
  • quit
  • took off
  • bailed
  • pulled stakes
  • flew
  • set out
  • pulled up stakes
  • buzzed (off)
  • took a powder
  • hit the road
  • shoved (off)
  • packed (up or off)
  • quitted
  • stepped (along)
  • took a hike
  • booked
  • retired
  • withdrew
  • scarpered
  • piked (out or off)
  • sallied (forth)
  • took a walk
  • struck out
  • vamoosed
  • retreated
  • emigrated
  • got out
  • ran away
  • stepped out
  • skipped
  • went out
  • mizzled
  • deserted
  • removed
  • abandoned
  • lighted out
  • lit
  • absconded
  • decamped
  • vacated
  • scrammed
  • forsook
  • scatted
  • adjourned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • came
  • turned up
  • arrived
  • remained
  • stayed
  • settled
  • showed up
  • dwelt
  • closed
  • lodged
  • approached
  • reached
  • hit
  • neared
  • abode
  • abided
  • dwelled
  • landed
  • tarried
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