BUG OFF Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

bug off

verb

Definition of bug off

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 To keep pesky bugs off your skin, the pants feature a rope lock around the cuffs. — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026 Blast bugs off your house with the garden hose. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025 To keep harlequin bugs off of vegetables, the simplest approach is to cover the plants immediately after planting. — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2025 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

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And with players in major European leagues still able to depart their clubs beyond the deadline, there is potential for big deals to still be done in the coming days.

— Leon Imber, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Four years after succeeding founder Virgil Abloh as the creative lead at Off-White, Ib Kamara has departed the brand.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of depart

Verb

After exiting brick-and-mortar retail at Ulta seven years ago, Laura Geller is doubling back — and this time, wants to do it right.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026
Drivers headed east can exit at Northwest 17th Avenue, continue south across Northwest Seventh Street and turn left at Southwest First Street.

— Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of exit

Verb

The Moon in Pisces moves through your 6th House of Work, Health, and Daily Routines while making an awkward angle to Venus in Libra and your 1st House of Self.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2026
Acceptance moves you out of frustration and into a place of proactivity.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of move

Verb

Even near the end of an August in which the Jays went 17-11, the team posted a near-average wRC+ (101 entering Sunday).

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
In fact, the breakeven rate of employment growth, or the number of net new jobs needed each month to keep the unemployment rate steady, actually went slightly negative during the summer and fall of 2025.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of go

Verb

Police had initially tried to pull over Shelton's vehicle, a 2006 Honda Civic, near Rodney Parham Road and Mississippi Street, but the vehicle fled through several streets and got away, Little Rock police said in a news release.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2026
The service got its name from the original Mechanical Turk, an 18th century chess-playing robot that was actually controlled by a human chess master.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of get

Verb

Tourists come here, disconnect themselves, go off into one little corner and think that’s the country.

— Josh Rivera, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Despite a dizzying number of podcasts, the sports world lacks wry, newsy video chats of true depth, at least since Around the Horn went off the air.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of go off

Verb

Miami got off to a promising start, taking a 1-0 lead in the 20th minute when Casemiro, who lined up as a center back, leaped above Montreal defenders and scored on a header off a Telasco Segovia corner kick.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026
The Dream got off to one of the roughest starts of their season.

— Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of get off

Verb

Trace and cut out a 1 ½ to 2-inch circle (a hot-sauce bottle is usually the right size) in the top half.

— Jodi Levine, Parents, 21 Aug. 2026
Others are keeping data analog longer, since early digitization is expensive and skipping it for certain operations cuts out a major power drain.

— David Schie, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of cut out

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