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bugger off

Parf of speech: Phrase, OED Year: 1922, OED Evaluation: N/A

To go away, depart.

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: If you don't like what I'm driving, leave me alone. Interviewer: Don't look at it. Speaker: Type-of-thing- That's my (inc). You don't like it, you don't like me, go to hell, get away from me. I don't need you. Bugger off! Thank you very much. Be polite about it (laughs). Be polite about it, but bugger off. Thank you very much. Thanks. And thanks for com-- You-know, thank you come again.
To go away, depart.
ExampleMeaning
... but he didn't have enough sense to go to anybody and say "hey my little brother's out there. You-know, can somebody help him." You-know. I don't know what he did. He just buggered off for the day and forgot about me. So ah that- that was somethings and- and we were in to escapades like that all the time. Like, we just- we just run around and sort-of raised ourself.
To go away, depart.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Th-- I-think less people came. Interviewer: Yeah. Interviewer 2: Yeah. Speaker: And I-think the way the holiday fell was the reason. Interviewer 2: Yeah. Interviewer: 'Cause of Canada-Day? Speaker: People were buggering off out of here Sunday, a lot of them. Interviewer 2: Mm. Speaker: Because Monday wasn't a holiday.
To go away, depart.
ExampleMeaning
And he'd lie there until you come back and told him something different. The hens- there'd be half-a-dozen hens, they'd be in there. The dog will lie down. The hen will walk right past, eh? And bugger off around it again. Meanwhile the people are right there, watching it.
To go away, depart.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: So when you were a kid was that your job, to go out and weed? Speaker: Oh y-- Interviewer: Weed the ground. Speaker: Well yeah, yeah. If they could find me, I would- Interviewer: (Laughs) Speaker: Maybe bugger off and fish you-know? Interviewer: (Gasps) Fishing stories! Tell us some fishing stories.
To go away, depart.