bugger off

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#1·3h ago

(dismissal) Go away.

Bugger off! You're joking, aren't you?

Origin: 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”. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·3h ago

An expression of disagreement or disbelief.

Bugger off! You're joking, aren't you?

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#3·3h ago

(intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar) To leave, go away, disappear.

We tried to catch him, but he had already buggered off.

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