buggered off

verb

past tense of bugger off, British slang
as in departed
to leave a place often for another bugger off, or I'll call the police!

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buggered off
  1. departed
  2. exited
  3. moved
  4. got
  5. went
  6. pushed off
  7. got off
  8. cut out
Verb
  • Iranian officials were still making requests the day the flight departed, although one official wrote that those requests were denied.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Now Manchester City will have to replace him, as well as Guardiola who departed at the end of last season.
    — Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of departed
Verb
  • Smaller events might use them to attract star names who have exited a bigger tournament early and need some match reps.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Athletics left-hander Brady Basso exited the game after just one out in the third inning.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of exited
Verb
  • Lala moved south of the Big Island on Sunday as a Category 1 hurricane, damaging or destroying more than 100 homes and cutting off some communities, according to the governor.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • When Airbnb moved an earlier cohort of hosts to the new structure last year, about 30% raised prices enough to fully offset the higher fee and another 30% partially offset it, according to an analysis by short-term rental data firm AirDNA.
    — Mike Winters, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • No inside linebacker got more work on Friday than Murdock, whose 47 snaps were 13 more than any other player who saw the field defensively for the Broncos.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Wyatt Olds made his major league debut for Boston and got his first career strikeout.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of got
Verb
  • His scoreless streak then went the way of the Metrodome before recording a single out in Minneapolis.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Even Timmy Chang at Hawaii went 9-4 after three consecutive losing seasons following a program reset.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of went
Verb
  • In April, Williams hammered out a two-year extension that pushed off retirement talk and let the 49ers focus elsewhere in the draft instead of splurging on a replacement.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • When rates increase or stay elevated, life events, like home purchases or renovations, that drive the bulk of Home Depot's business get pushed off, if not canceled altogether.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of pushed off
Verb
  • Inter got off to a great start when a fierce long-range shot from Hakan Çalhanoğlu gave it the lead in the sixth minute.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • In an exclusive interview with The Drive, Honda’s Watanabe went into great detail about the team’s timeline since the automaker’s return to F1 was confirmed three years ago, and how and why things got off to a difficult start almost immediately.
    — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of got off
Verb
  • Others are keeping data analog longer, since early digitization is expensive and skipping it for certain operations cuts out a major power drain.
    — David Schie, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The sound just completely cut out — twice — while Cross was in mid-song, forcing him to stop the show and then try to figure out what to do next.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of cut out
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