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
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The Bering Air flight departed from Unalakleet, a community of about 690 people in western Alaska, around 2:40 p.m. local time on Thursday.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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The plane had departed Unalakleet at 2:37 p.m., Bering Air Director of Operations, David Olson, said, per local outlet KTUU.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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For example, Geico exited its Premier Partner status after the 2024 season.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
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Companies such as Gojek, Carousell and Grab were among the first to provide strong opportunities for investors to exit, or a way to sell their stake for a profit.—
Ernestine Siu,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
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But this move now primes them to break the long drought and be much more formidable moving forward.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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Royal Caribbean’s stock has already gained nearly 16% so far this year, after moving 78% higher in 2024 and rallying 162% in 2023.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
2 Feb. 2025
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Hathaway's seconds-long appearance quickly went viral on social media as fans embraced the cheerful clip.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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President Cal Bradford’s last day on — or rather, under — Earth is the focus of this week’s Paradise, an hour that also sees Xavier officially go rogue.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
11 Feb. 2025
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His efforts to foster ties with Trump have prompted many Democrats to speculate that Adams was trying to get the president to pardon him or otherwise quash his prosecution.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation would get $3.4 million in funding for 22 new positions, including seven new intelligence analysts, a new aviation crew and two victim service workers.—
Adam Tamburin,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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What to Know The plane departed from Unalakleet at 2:37 p.m. local time on Thursday but went off the radar less than an hour later.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Today’s Democratic party has gone off the rails by throwing open our Southern border and allowing millions of unvetted migrants to enter illegally.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2025
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In the loss to St. Peter, Jordan got off to a tough start and trailed 32-13 at the break and couldn’t recover in the second half.—
Tom Schardin,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Woodson got off to a strong start, posting back-to-back 20-win seasons in his first two years with the Hoosiers, beating Wyoming in a play-in tournament game in March 2022 for Indiana’s first NCAA Tournament win since 2015.—
Michael Marot,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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The teams will certainly have their work cut out for them, according to a breakdown of the second-quarter earnings.—
Kathryn Hopkins,
WWD,
4 Feb. 2025
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Leland Lazarus, who studies China's role in Latin America at Florida International University, told NPR that Rubio will have his work cut out, because China is a major trading partner across Latin America.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
2 Feb. 2025
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