buzzing off

Verb

buzz off (third-person singular simple present buzzes off, present participle buzzing off, simple past and past participle buzzed off)

1. (intransitive) To leave with a buzzing sound.
   • The bee was flying around my head, but then it buzzed off.
2. (figuratively) To leave (especially busily), take off, go away.
   • “Where's Daddy?” Phyllis asked. “He suddenly decided to go to London,” said Bobbie. “To London?” “That's what he said.” “Why?” “He didn't tell me.” “I must go and see him,” said Phyllis, and buzzed off. [...] “He's asking for his dinner, the sweet little angel. All right, darling, Mother's coming,”...1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “V, XIII, AND XX”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
3. (transitive) To interrupt and/or disqualify (someone) by means of a buzzer.
   • He went to this talent show, but they buzzed him off after twenty seconds.

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