bug off

bug off
\\¦bəgˈȯf, also -äf\ intransitive verb
Etymology: short for bugger (II)
: to go away : leave — usually used as a command

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ˌbug ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they bug off he/she/it bugs off present participle bugging off past tense bugged off past participle bugged off] american impolite phrasal verb
used for telling someone rudely to go away
Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to go awaysynonym
Main entry: bug

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informal go away

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bug off [phrasal verb]
US informal : to go away
— used in speech as a rude or angry way to tell someone to leave you alone and to stop bothering you

She angrily told him to bug off.

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Main Entry:bug

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • bug off — (v.) by 1956, perhaps from bugger off (see BUGGER (Cf. bugger) (v.)), which chiefly is British (by 1920s) but was picked up in U.S. Air Force slang in the Korean War …   Etymology dictionary

  • bug off! — bug ˈoff! derived (NAmE, informal) a rude way of telling sb to go away Main entry: ↑bugderived …   Useful english dictionary

  • bug off — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms bug off : present tense I/you/we/they bug off he/she/it bugs off present participle bugging off past tense bugged off past participle bugged off American impolite used for telling someone rudely to go away …   English dictionary

  • Bug off! — exclam. Get out!; Go away! □ Bug off! Get out of here! □ Bug off and leave me alone! …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • bug off — 1. interjection Used to tell somebody to leave them alone. Syn: bog off, bugger off, scram 2. verb To go away. I lied to him to appease him so he would bug off …   Wiktionary

  • bug off — N. Amer. informal go away. → bug …   English new terms dictionary

  • bug off — intransitive verb Etymology: probably short for bugger off Date: 1971 leave, depart usually used as a command …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • bug off — v. go away; get out …   English slang

  • bug — bug1 [bug] n. [prob. < BUG2] 1. any of an order (Hemiptera) of insects with sucking mouthparts and with forewings thickened toward the base, as a water bug or squash bug: also called true bug 2. any small arthropod, esp. if regarded as a pest …   English World dictionary

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