bugger off

verb

Definition of bugger offnext
British slang
as in to exit
to leave a place often for another bugger off, or I'll call the police!

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bugger off
  1. exit
  2. depart
  3. move
  4. get
  5. go
  6. cut out
  7. peel off
  8. go off
Verb
  • There needs to be balance and some states should exit the program.
    David Shepardson, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Clients may lose faith in your ability to protect more than just their data and may decide to exit.
    Steve Gickling, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of exit
Verb
  • By dawn, Assad had departed Damascus for Russia, without a word to the people his family had ruled—and gassed, imprisoned, tortured, and murdered—for a half century.
    Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Following a tribute to Ramos’ career at the network, the TV anchor shared a few departing words to viewers at home.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of depart
Verb
  • The team’s pattern of drafting college hitters who should move quickly says that that is not their mindset, so go spend some of Arte’s money.
    Keith Law, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • His wife Elizabeth, Duchess of York, became Queen in the same sweep, and their daughters, Princess Elizabeth, then 10, and Princess Margaret, then 6, each moved up a spot in the line of succession to the throne, with Princess Elizabeth heir.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of move
Verb
  • The way he's gotten to F1 has been a little difficult the last couple of years.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Anthopoulos said Grant Holmes will get a chance to win a starting job after impressing as both a reliever and starter in his 2024 rookie season.
    David O'Brien, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of get
Verb
  • But the committee went with the ACC this time, putting 11-2 SMU in the field as the last at-large team, the No. 11 seed with a first-round trip to Penn State on the docket, and leaving 9-3 Alabama out.
    Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Will his incoming attorney general or will his FBI director [go after Trump's political enemies]?
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of go
Verb
  • The 119th Congress, in turn, has its work cut out to bolster these with permanent legislative actions, ensuring they aren’t reversed again.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Is Jamie just not cut out for this kind of police work?
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of cut out
Verb
  • Honest questions about food safety, illustrated Citing the cucumber recall, Schaffner says people may wonder about peeling off the wax coating.
    Allison Aubrey, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
  • For Republicans who seek to peel off only a fragment of the Latino vote, that approach can yield positive results.
    Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of peel off
Verb
  • Phill Simon and his family were sleeping in their Glen Park home when the screech of tornado alerts going off on their phones woke them up.
    Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Sometimes, the lights never go off, or there aren’t any mattresses, or the facilities are just too loud.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of go off
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buggering (up)

bugger off

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