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bug out

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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.
See also: bug, out

bug out (slang)
1. to become upset and excited I said I would do it, and then I started thinking and I was kind of bugging out about the whole thing.
2. to leave suddenly When it was time for him to show up for his army service, he bugged out for one of the islands.
See also: bug, out


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Before you bug out, hear this: Nearly 80 percent of the world's population relies on bugs for food.
The bugs first line up in 2 groups, leaving soldier Joe as the odd bug out, much to the chagrin of the queen who likes things tidy.
 
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