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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All of my indirect contacts are taking the virus seriously — none of them spun conspiracy theories about the pandemic, or suggested it was no big deal or told me to bug off and mind my own business.

From New York Times

After Boris Johnson’s typically optimistic and less than convincing press briefing on Thursday, the Sun’s headline was: Bug off: Boris Johnson says we can ‘send coronavirus packing in 12 weeks’.

From The Guardian

“We were walking and she said, ‘Karen, get that bug off of me,'” Hudgins told the news outlet.

From Fox News

Mangrum's 68 partly made up for his 76 in the first round, when he was given a two-stroke penalty for failing to mark his ball on the green before picking it up to blow a bug off of it.

From Golf Digest

With a shiver of horror, Rusak flicked the bug off and jumped to his feet in the subway car.

From Los Angeles Times

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