bugger off
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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But she also calls out her fans' involvement in her personal life, and she basically tells them to bugger off.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2023
It’s not exactly a great look to light a bunch of fires at every company you run or hope to run and then just bugger off to Mykonos for a Mediterranean romp.
From The Verge ● Jul. 22, 2022
I’d drive it here and there, stop in a parking lot, make crepes for an afternoon and then bugger off home.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
This was widely seen as a reference to Barnaby Joyce, who as agriculture minister had originally threatened to have Pistol and Boo put down if they didn't "bugger off" back to the United States.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2016
“I’m pulling the plug on the game console at nine o’clock. Then they’ll bugger off home. Thank goodness.”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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