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bugs off

bugs off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bugs off

What is bugs off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bugs off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bug off.

Words near bugs off in the dictionary

  1. Bugrock
  2. bugs
  3. Bugs Bunny
  4. bugs down
  5. bugs in
  6. bugs off
  7. bugs out
  8. bugs up
  9. bugs up one's ass
  10. bugseed
  11. bugseeds

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