bug off

English

Pronunciation

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Interjection

bug off!

1. (idiomatic, informal, transitive, dismissal) Used to tell somebody to leave one alone.

Synonyms

• bog off, bugger off (more vulgar), scram, see also Thesaurus:go away

Translations

Used to tell somebody to leave them alone

• Finnish: häivy (fi)
• French: (colloquial) dégage (fr), (vulgar) va chier (fr), (colloquial) aller se faire voir (fr)

Verb

bug off (third-person singular simple present bugs off, present participle bugging off, simple past and past participle bugged off)

1. (informal, intransitive) To go away.

   I lied to him to appease him so he would bug off.

Translations

go away

• Finnish: häipyä (fi), lähteä (fi)