bug off
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Interjection
[edit]- (idiomatic, informal, transitive, dismissal) Used to tell somebody to leave one alone.
Synonyms
[edit]- bog off, bugger off (more vulgar), scram, see also Thesaurus:go away
Translations
[edit]Used to tell somebody to leave them alone
Verb
[edit]bug off (third-person singular simple present bugs off, present participle bugging off, simple past and past participle bugged off)
- (informal, intransitive) To go away.
- I lied to him to appease him so he would bug off.
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