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
The San Antonio Zoo is offering a special Valentine’s Day greeting for exes who just won’t bug off.
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Yenny Sanchez, CNN, 29 Jan. 2023
Yenny Sanchez, CNN, 29 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bug off
Verb
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Melvin succeeded Hoda Kotb, who announced her plan to depart last year and had her last day on Friday.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Jan. 2025
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In this scenario, TikTok would die a slow death, as its technology degrades and its social fabric weakens with users departing for other platforms.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Biden and first lady Jill Biden will exit the Capitol grounds by plane after the transfer of power and return to private life.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
17 Jan. 2025
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But rather confusingly, this fracas appears to have been staged so that duo can exit their top-secret careers as globe-trotting clandestine agents, disappearing together into civilian life.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Senate Republicans are moving ahead quickly on Hegseth’s nomination despite an affidavit from his former sister-in-law obtained by Senate Democrats that accuses him of having an alcohol problem and being abusive to his ex-wife Samantha Hegseth.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
22 Jan. 2025
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The snow is moving east Tuesday, and is affecting coastal areas all the way to the Florida Panhandle and southern Carolinas.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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TikTok appears to be back online in the U.S. after going dark in the late hours of Saturday ahead of the looming Jan. 19 ban.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Boston could have potentially escaped with a win if any of those plays had gone the other way.—
Jay King,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
Verb
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He’s got quite a fastball and has some creativity to him.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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Having a president who still receives royalty payments for a 1987 book titled The Art of the Deal naturally raises expectations that this is a leader who can, well, get a deal done.—
Chris Dobstaff,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
Verb
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State police said the Odyssey went off the road and hit a tree.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
15 Jan. 2025
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The man, identified by Peoples as Charles Jackson, went off the radar for a couple years after the video surfaced in 2022, Peoples said.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The latter group ultimately just couldn’t be bothered to get off their couches.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
15 Jan. 2025
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Next came the jersey campaign, although that got off to a rocky start in 2019 when the club placed an image of Jamaican singer Bob Marley on a shirt — and promptly received cease-and-desist letters from the late singer’s representatives.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Not long after, the electricity in the restaurant cut out.—
Emily Witt,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2025
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At the very least, Sheridan should cut out the distracting propaganda next season.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Bug off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bug%20off. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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