Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To go away.

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

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Sami brushed the bug off his leg.

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  2. I can't get these bugs off me.

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  3. She flicks the bug off her shoulder.

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  4. As Anna approached the June bug, it took off again, circling around her room.

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  5. This will keep bugs off.

    ruЭто отпугнёт насекомых.

    deDies wird Ungeziefer fernhalten.

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Forms

bugs off, bugging off, bugged off, bugged off
Base formbug off · to bug off
3rd person singularbugs off
Present participlebugging off
Past simplebugged off
Past participlebugged off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybug off
he, she, itbugs off

Past simpleLesson

all personsbugged off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bugged off
he, she, ithas bugged off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bug off

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
buffoonC1bugA2buggerbuggy
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