to bugger off
12
9.9
- phrasal verb
- /ˈbʌɡə ɔf/
- Offensive
:
largarse
- I told him to bugger off too, then hastily departed.
- Just bugger off
- told him to bugger off
- go on, bugger off
Examples
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If you're gonna bugger off, just do it.
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Just bugger off, mate, huh?
Fiction book (1991) -
Hey, fine, you can bugger off now.
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This is my show, bugger off!
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Yeah, you can bugger off...
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We're not playing anymore... go on, bugger off!
Fiction book (1994) -
And you, bugger off.
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- Bugger off.
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Bugger off!
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This is my show, bugger off!
Synonyms
104
9.9
Leave or tell someone to leave in a rude way
38
9.9
Tell someone angrily to go away and that you will not accept their idea
21
8.2
Leave a place right away, often because someone orders you to
12
8.4
To tell someone to go away right away in a rude or angry way
12
7.7
Leave a place quickly, often in a rude way
5
4.1
To make people or animals go away by waving your hand
4
8.9
Tell someone to go away and leave you alone
3
9.5
To tell someone rudely to go away or to stop working and relax
3
9.9
Tell someone to go away in a rude way
2
9.9
Tell someone rudely to go away or leave you alone
1
5.4
Make a person or animal go away with words and gestures
1
9.9
To tell someone rudely to go away and leave you alone
1
9.9
Tell someone to leave in a rude, angry way
1
9.5
To tell someone rudely to leave
1
8.2
To tell someone to go away in a mild, angry way
1
9.9
Tell someone to go away and leave you alone
To tell someone to go away using rude language
Tell someone to go away in a rude way
A rude way to tell someone to go away without the real swear word
Rudely say to someone that you want them to go away
To tell someone to go away in a rude, angry way
To leave a place quickly, often in a rude way
Angrily tell someone to go away
A rude slang phrase that tells someone to go away angrily
To tell someone to go away and stop annoying you
A rude joking way to tell someone to go away without meaning it
A short spoken word telling someone to go away now
To leave quickly and quietly or tell someone rudely to go away
Tells someone angrily to go away
Antonyms
How Rude
- Offensive
104
9.9
- Offensive
12
9.9
- UK
709
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The particle 'off' transparently conveys movement away, so a learner who knows 'off' may get the general sense of telling someone to go away. However, 'bugger' is an informal/slang insult that does not itself mean 'go' and the imperative, rude force of the phrase is idiomatic and not fully predictable from the parts. These partial cues make the expression partially comprehensible but not fully derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Bugger off uses the rude word bugger plus off meaning 'away', so the phrase gives a strong image of pushing someone away. That's why it means 'go away now' and is often used as a rude command.