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buggering off

buggering off is the present participle and gerund of bugger off.

Meaning of bugger off

Verb

bugger off (third-person singular simple present buggers off, present participle buggering off, simple past and past participle buggered off)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, emphatic, idiomatic) To leave, go away, disappear.
    • We tried to catch him, but he had already buggered off.

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Questions about buggering off

What is buggering off the present participle and gerund of?
Buggering off is the present participle and gerund of bugger off.

Words near buggering off in the dictionary

  1. buggeries
  2. buggerin'
  3. buggering
  4. buggering about
  5. buggering around
  6. buggering off
  7. buggering up
  8. buggerings
  9. buggerise about
  10. buggerlugs
  11. buggerman

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