Synonyms

bug off

Idioms

Also, bugger off. Go away, as in Bug off before I call the police. Both terms are often used as an imperative, as in the example, and the variant is heard more in Britain than in America. [Slang; c. 1900] For a synonym, see buzz off.

Example Sentences

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Keyan Harvey developed necrotising fasciitis, a flesh-eating bug off the back of having chicken pox when he was six.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023

Ah, yes, glamping, where “roughing it” means having to flick the bug off your duvet cover or throw another Duraflame log on the fire.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2021

We tell them their body is their own, and they get good at telling even parents to bug off when they don’t feel like being held or kissed.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2018

“It was time for me to bug off rather than becoming that grumpy old dude trying to stop change.”

From New York Times • May 18, 2016

It made it really hard to tell her to bug off without telling her to BUG OFF!

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

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