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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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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; mid1800s] 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]
American Heritage Idioms