Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To leave with a buzzing sound.

    The bee was flying around my head, but then it buzzed off.

  2. (figuratively)To leave (especially busily), take off, go away.

  3. (transitive)To interrupt and/or disqualify (someone) by means of a buzzer.

    He went to this talent show, but they buzzed him off after twenty seconds.

More definitions
  • leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

Examples

9 sentences

  1. I told Tom to buzz off.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Make like a bee and buzz off.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · soliloquist · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Why don't you buzz off?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · rul · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. Could you please leave me alone and buzz off? I need some space right now.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Amastan · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. I would appreciate it if you could give me some alone time and just buzz off.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Amastan · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Forms

buzzes off, buzzing off, buzzed off, buzzed off
Base formbuzz off · to buzz off
3rd person singularbuzzes off
Present participlebuzzing off
Past simplebuzzed off
Past participlebuzzed off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybuzz off
he, she, itbuzzes off

Past simpleLesson

all personsbuzzed off

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill buzz off

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
buyerB1buyingbuzzB2buzzardC2buzzerC1buzzwordbyA1
buzz off — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto