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bug out

verb
  1. To leave (a place) hastily. (intransitive, slang) · It's time I bugged out of this town: it ain't safe no more.
  2. To abandon someone without warning. (intransitive, slang) · I'm not gonna bug out on you, I promise.
  3. To miss school, play truant, play hooky. (intransitive, slang) · I go to Stockton High, but normally I bug out.
  4. To leave civilization to live off the grid; to escape an apocalypse or emergency by leaving the area. (intransitive, slang) · When it all goes down, you're gonna want to bug out.
  5. To cause to bulge. (slang, transitive) · Kim Goodman holds the world record for bugging out her eyes.
  6. To bulge; to protrude. (intransitive, slang) · The 3D imagery will make your eyes bug out.
  7. To freak out, to go crazy, e.g. from worry. (intransitive, slang)
  8. To crash or glitch. (intransitive, slang) · My PC keeps bugging out and rebooting for no reason.
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Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.