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

So bug off and go read the New Yorker if you crave more precise and correct use of the language.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2019

“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

Hogan had a one-shot lead over Mangrum on the 16th hole of the playoff when Mangrum marked his ball so Fazio could finish, and then marked it again to blow a bug off his ball.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2013

She stayed either at Anatole’s school or out in the woods having a bow-and-arrow contest with Nelson to see who could shoot a bug off a branch.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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