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bugging off

bugging off is the present participle and gerund of bug off.

Meaning of bug off

Verb

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

  1. (informal, intransitive) To go away.
    • I lied to him to appease him so he would bug off.

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Questions about bugging off

What is bugging off the present participle and gerund of?
Bugging off is the present participle and gerund of bug off.

Words near bugging off in the dictionary

  1. buggin'
  2. bugginess
  3. bugging
  4. bugging down
  5. bugging in
  6. bugging off
  7. bugging out
  8. bugging up
  9. buggings
  10. Buggins
  11. Buggins's turn

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bugging off (page history and authors); bug off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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