buggered off

past tense of bugger off, British slang

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for buggered off
Verb
  • Norman Fell and Audra Lindley also exited one season earlier for failed spinoff The Ropers and was replaced by Don Knotts as Ralph Furley, the new landlord.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Mitchell exited the game against Mississippi State on Thursday with a knee injury, and Gates decided to sit him against the Gators.
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The family departed Westchester County Airport on Saturday morning.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Hobbs quietly departed the courthouse, hopped in a car with her husband and started her journey back home to Alabama as soon as the verdict was read.
    Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Those bleak years devastated the American rail industry, as revenue fell by 50 percent from 1928 to 1933, and a third of the country’s railroads went into bankruptcy.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Someone won a $68 million jackpot in New York on Christmas Eve in 2002, but that prize went unclaimed.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Infested leaves can be cut out and larvae can be handpicked off leaves and squished between the fingers.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
  • In his forties and with bad knees, Butcher was not cut out to be an infantryman.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Buggered off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buggered%20off. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.

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