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
bugging off
verb
as in exiting
to leave a place often for another I wish you would just bug off and leave me alone Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- exiting
- departing
- moving
- peeling off
- running along
- pushing off
- bugging out
- pulling out
- walking out
- getting off
- digging out
- bailing out
- pushing on
- going off
- cutting out
- taking off
- clearing off
- clearing out
- going
- beating it
- buggering off
- getting
- taking a powder
- taking a hike
- pulling stakes
- pulling up stakes
- buzzing (off)
- hitting the road
- evacuating
- starting
- piking (out or off)
- sallying (forth)
- taking a walk
- shoving (off)
- packing (up or off)
- striking out
- fleeing
- stepping (along)
- escaping
- setting out
- parting
- flying
- bailing
- quitting
- running away
- getting out
- vamoosing
- going out
- booking
- stepping out
- scarpering
- lighting out
- withdrawing
- retiring
- retreating
- skipping
- emigrating
- mizzling
- abandoning
- removing
- absconding
- scramming
- deserting
- scatting
- decamping
- vacating
- forsaking
- adjourning
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- turning up
- coming
- arriving
- remaining
- showing up
- staying
- abiding
- settling
- lodging
- dwelling
- closing
- approaching
- nearing
- reaching
- hitting
- tarrying
- landing