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buzz off

verb

  1. informal,  (intr, adverb; often imperative) to go away; leave; depart

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Go away, leave. For example, The store owner told the teenagers to buzz off and find another place to hang out. This curt imperative dates from World War I. Also see bug off.
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Dame Esther said she was resigned to the fact her own terminal cancer would probably progress to the point she will "buzz off to Zurich" to use the Dignitas clinic before the bill becomes law.

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Crystal Palace will be buzzing off the back of their big win over West Ham on Sunday.

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It’s fun when you can see that fire in their eyes when they still get the buzz off it.

If it does not work, "I might buzz off to Zurich", where assisted dying is legal, she told Radio 4's The Today Podcast.

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However, if her next scan shows the medication is not working "I might buzz off to Zurich", where assisted dying is legal and she has joined the Dignitas clinic, she said.

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