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bug in

bug in verb: to hunker down or fortify oneself in place, such as in a bunker, during an emergency or apocalypse.

Verb

bug in (third-person singular simple present bugs in, present participle bugging in, simple past and past participle bugged in)

  1. (intransitive) To hunker down or fortify oneself in place, such as in a bunker, during an emergency or apocalypse.
    Antonyms:
    bug out

Antonyms of bug in

Forms of bug in

third-person singular presentbugs in
present participlebugging in
past participlebugged in
pastbugged in

Questions about bug in

What does bug in mean?
Bug in means to hunker down or fortify oneself in place, such as in a bunker, during an emergency or apocalypse.
What part of speech is bug in?
Bug in is a verb.
What is the past tense of bug in?
The past tense of bug in is bugged in.

Words near bug in in the dictionary

  1. bug fix
  2. bug fixes
  3. bug guy
  4. bug hotel
  5. bug hotels
  6. bug in
  7. bug in one's bonnet
  8. bug juice
  9. bug lady
  10. bug man
  11. bug nation

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