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

Ah, yes, glamping, where “roughing it” means having to flick the bug off your duvet cover or throw another Duraflame log on the fire.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2021

“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

“Will you tell this kid of yours to bug off and leave her father alone?”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols