bug out

/bəg aʊt/
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Other forms: bugs out; bugged out; bugging out

Definitions of bug out
  1. verb
    bulge outward
    synonyms: bulge, bulge out, come out, pop, pop out, protrude, start
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    type of:
    change form, change shape, deform
    assume a different shape or form
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