as in to depart
to leave a place often for another
I wish you would just bug off and leave me alone
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Recent Examples of bug off
Relying on Pesticides For decades, many gardeners have relied on chemical pesticides to keep bugs off their plants.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2025
Blast bugs off your house with the garden hose.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
Relying on Pesticides For decades, many gardeners have relied on chemical pesticides to keep bugs off their plants.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2025
Additionally, it can be used to keep harmful bugs off your garden plants, if needed.
—Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2023
The kit also comes with a cleaning brush for getting the dead bugs off the wire grids.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2023
The San Antonio Zoo is offering a special Valentine’s Day greeting for exes who just won’t bug off.
—Yenny Sanchez, CNN, 29 Jan. 2023
Toward the end of the film, Weerasethakul’s hand enters the frame to brush a dead bug off the bed.
—The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2025
Blast bugs off your house with the garden hose.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
Relying on Pesticides For decades, many gardeners have relied on chemical pesticides to keep bugs off their plants.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2025
Additionally, it can be used to keep harmful bugs off your garden plants, if needed.
—Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2023
The kit also comes with a cleaning brush for getting the dead bugs off the wire grids.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2023
The San Antonio Zoo is offering a special Valentine’s Day greeting for exes who just won’t bug off.
—Yenny Sanchez, CNN, 29 Jan. 2023
Toward the end of the film, Weerasethakul’s hand enters the frame to brush a dead bug off the bed.
—The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bug off
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Pereira knows that Wolves will lose players in the summer, with Cunha and Ait-Nouri two saleable assets likely to depart, while other more peripheral players will inevitably move on.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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As Americans hunt for dyed eggs, spike their blood sugar levels with Peeps, attend services, enjoy matzoh dishes and memorialize the dearly departed, others may be consuming cannabis products with a sense of ceremony.—
Jeanie Pyun,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Apr. 2025
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While stocks may continue their short-term celebration, the long-term sustainability of this rally is being undermined by something few are talking about: a major foreign holder of U.S. debt may be exiting the market in protest.—
Joel Shulman,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Wong remained in the game to finish the inning but soon exited.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Our reporters talk to each other and move around candidates from one category to another.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The bill also included moving $1.1 million from the Constitutional Defense Fund into the Legislative Legal Defense Fund.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Instead, the Knicks went 0-10 against the league’s top three teams (the Celtics, Cavaliers and Thunder).—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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If one or two bounces had gone the other way, Dartmouth would have advanced to the final four for the first time in school history.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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This refreshing serum gets its tingle from peppermint and tea tree, which works with caffeine to invigorate the scalp and maximize the absorption of the formula’s peptides.—
Emily Orofino,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
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Buttery, flaky croissants peak through and get nice and toasty in the oven.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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On Thursday, Anthony's family made their first public comments during a news conference that went off the rails when their activist spokesman, Dominique Alexander, began criticizing Austin's father, Jeff Metcalf, who attended the news conference.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The two vehicles went off the road near Southeast 12th Street and S Eastern Avenue, the Moore Police Department told ABC News affiliate KOCO.—
Tristan Maglunog,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2025
Verb
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But the Clippers played great defense and eventually forced Westbrook into not getting off a shot, sending the game into overtime tied 98-98.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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That composure led to him landing a knee in the third round after a scramble to get off the mat and setting up the ground strikes that finished the fight at the 3:43 mark of Round 3.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Chargers that are left plugged in still pull power even when nothing is connected to the cord, so unplugging them entirely cuts out this power draw.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2025
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Patrick has his work cut out for him, not least at a time when there would seem to be more important legislation to consider in the state.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Bug off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bug%20off. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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