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bugger off

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Derived from bugger (idiomatic, obsolete, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) “sodomite”, (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) “man”, especially in the colloquialism (idiomatic, dismissal, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) old bugger for “an old man”.

interjection

  1. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, emphatic, idiomatic Go away.
  2. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, emphatic, idiomatic An expression of disagreement or disbelief. Bugger off! You're joking, aren't you?

Similar: fuck off, screw off, buzz off, piss off, pull the other one

verb buggers off · buggering off · buggered off

  1. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, emphatic, idiomatic To leave, go away, disappear. We tried to catch him, but he had already buggered off.

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