bug off

Example Sentences

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Keyan Harvey developed necrotising fasciitis, a flesh-eating bug off the back of having chicken pox when he was six.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023

So bug off and go read the New Yorker if you crave more precise and correct use of the language.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2019

“It was time for me to bug off rather than becoming that grumpy old dude trying to stop change.”

From New York Times • May 18, 2016

Hogan had a one-shot lead over Mangrum on the 16th hole of the playoff when Mangrum marked his ball so Fazio could finish, and then marked it again to blow a bug off his ball.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2013

Whipped up his notebook, picked himself a bug off the floor, then launched that little critter right into Katia Mavchek’s hair.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye