buggers off

verb

present tense third-person singular of bugger off, British slang
as in exits
to leave a place often for another bugger off, or I'll call the police!

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buggers off
  1. exits
  2. departs
  3. moves
  4. bugs off
  5. goes
  6. gets
  7. peels off
  8. parts
Verb
  • All entrances and exits to the city remained sealed, with the operation focused in Deir Bahha and another part of the city called Al-Jalda, according to Hebron Mayor Yousef Zuhair Al-Jabari.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In video released by police, an officer exits his vehicle and points his gun at Ryan Hinton, who appears to be running away.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of exits
Verb
  • Guests who don’t fancy a hike can take the cable car, which departs from the hotel and goes straight to the Alpe di Siusi viewpoint.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Patterson departs after missing two of his nine field goal attempts and one of his nine extra point attempts this season.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of departs
Verb
  • As part of its process, the powered gimbal moves the image around in the general direction the projector's already facing, stopping the movement several times in the process before continuing, and adjusting the image size several times as well.
    — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Flight testing moves forward L3Harris has reached the second phase of the Army’s Xtended Range Counter-sUAS Missile program.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of moves
Verb
  • To keep pesky bugs off your skin, the pants feature a rope lock around the cuffs.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
  • Blast bugs off your house with the garden hose.
    — Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Definition of bugs off
Verb
  • According to Tarantino, however, the reference goes way deeper.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Bel glows with a kind of rude Californian health and goes once a week for chiropractic adjustments, including of her jaw.
    — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of goes
Verb
  • The Archimedes screw gets a molecular makeover The researchers took inspiration from the Archimedes’ screw, an ancient device with a helical blade inside a cylinder that lifts water (or solids) when rotated.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The driver gets a 24-inch OLED screen, and there’s a smaller 7-inch infotainment screen in the centre.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of gets
Verb
  • Bill Ackman peels off his suit jacket in the afternoon sunshine, and hands it to a chauffeur parked outside his office in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026
  • Octavia Spencer immediately peels off her jacket after entering the room and realizing there are no cameras present for our interview.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of peels off
Verb
  • Trever parts his hair to the right while his brother styles his combover to the left.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Later, Hamilton parts the sea on his kick scooter, speedily escaping from the hectic press area.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of parts
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