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Etymology

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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”.

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Interjection

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bugger off (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, emphatic, colloquial)

1. (dismissal) Go away.
2. An expression of disagreement or disbelief. Bugger off! You're joking, aren't you?

Synonyms

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• (go away): get lost, fuck off, screw off, buzz off, piss off ;see also Thesaurus:go away

• (disbelief): bollocks, fuck off, pull the other one; see also Thesaurus:bullshit

Translations

[edit] go away — see get lost expression of disagreement or disbelief

Czech: no neser French: (vulgar) merde (fr), (vulgar) putain (fr), (informal) punaise (fr), flûte (fr), (colloquial) chiotte (fr) Turkish: siktir (tr)

Verb

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bugger off (third-person singular simple present buggers off, present participle buggering off, simple past and past participle buggered off)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar) To leave, go away, disappear. We tried to catch him, but he had already buggered off.

Synonyms

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• depart, set out, sling one's hook; see also Thesaurus:leave

Translations

[edit] to leave, go away, disappear

French: (formal) allez voir là-bas si j'y suis (fr), déguerpir (fr), (colloquial) foutre le camp (fr), (colloquial) décarrer (fr), aller se rhabiller (fr), (vulgar) aller chier dans sa caisse (fr) German: verziehen (de) (reflexive), verpissen (de) (reflexive), vom Acker machen (de) (reflexive)

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