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bug out

 

1. Sl. to pack up and leave or retreat. Orders are to bug out by oh-nine-hundred. Okay, everybody, move it! We're bugging out.

2. Sl. to get out of somewhere fast. I gotta find a way to bug out of here without getting caught. Okay, the downpour has stopped. Let's bug out.

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bug out

(slang)

1. to become upset and excited I said I would do it, and then I started thinking and I was kind of bugging out about the whole thing.

2. to leave suddenly When it was time for him to show up for his army service, he bugged out for one of the islands.

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bug out

1. Bulge, as in The news will make her eyes bug out with astonishment. This expression was originally used literally for bulging eyes and later used more loosely as a sign of astonishment. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]

2. Leave, run out, as in This conference is a bore; I think I'll bug out. This usage originated as military slang for deserting and today is used more loosely. [Slang; c. 1950]

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bug out

v.

1. To grow large; bulge outward: Your eyes will bug out when you see my new car.

2. Slang To leave some place, usually in a hurry: They made it clear they didn't want me there, so I bugged out.

3. Slang To be frightened or confused: I'm afraid of the dark, so I was bugging out during the blackout.

4. Slang To cause someone to be frightened or confused: The thought of surgery bugs me out.

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bug out

1. in. to pack up and retreat. (Military, Korean War.) Orders are to bug out by oh-nine-hundred.

2. in. to get out of somewhere fast. I gotta find a way to bug out of here without getting caught.

See also: bug, out