bugs out

present tense third-person singular of bug out
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Verb
  • Electronic detection points have been created at entrances to and exits from the tolling zone.
    Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Better exits and finally starting to take the puck to the net instead of staying on the perimeter.
    Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Miami Hurricanes’ retooling of their secondary continues as another contributor from the 2024 team departs.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Carter Family departs from Blair House via motorcade.
    Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In this Danish Oscar-winner, Babette, a chef, flees violence in France and comes to work for two saintly sisters leading a flock of believers in 19th century Denmark.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Syrians take to the streets in jubilation as Bashar al Assad reportedly flees.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Sancho made one or two good recovery runs to track Munoz, but those efforts were not consistent, leaving Cucurella to defend one-on-one too often.
    Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Shoppers mention that the set runs large, so consider sizing down.
    Annita Katee, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Rather, Bates plays a wealthy retired lawyer named Madeleine Kingston who goes undercover as a legal assistant at a large law firm, taking on the alias surname of Matlock because the show was one of her deceased daughter's favorites.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • As LaVine goes, so go the Bulls.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Bleeding and disoriented, Ian escapes the trunk and manages to accidentally throw himself off the side of the cliff, although even that doesn’t finish him off.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Hutter nearly escapes an attack from Orlok, which involves flinging himself from the mansion's second-story window into the rocky waters of the Black Sea.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Bugs out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bugs%20out. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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