bug off
Example Sentences
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Keyan Harvey developed necrotising fasciitis, a flesh-eating bug off the back of having chicken pox when he was six.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023
Ah, yes, glamping, where “roughing it” means having to flick the bug off your duvet cover or throw another Duraflame log on the fire.
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2021
“It was time for me to bug off rather than becoming that grumpy old dude trying to stop change.”
From New York Times • May 18, 2016
Hogan had a one-shot lead over Mangrum on the 16th hole of the playoff when Mangrum marked his ball so Fazio could finish, and then marked it again to blow a bug off his ball.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2013
Whipped up his notebook, picked himself a bug off the floor, then launched that little critter right into Katia Mavchek’s hair.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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