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View synonyms for buzz off

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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Example Sentences

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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“I could feel the confidence just buzzing off of him, and it filled the rest of the team,” Anderson said.

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