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(slang, intransitive, originally military) To leave (a place) hastily. / (slang, intransitive) To abandon someone without warning. / (slang, intransitive) To miss school, play truant, play hooky.

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bug out

Verb

intransitive slang of one's eyes transitive

(slang, intransitive, originally military) To leave (a place) hastily. / (slang, intransitive) To abandon someone without warning. / (slang, intransitive) To miss school, play truant, play hooky.

Japanese Meaning

急いでその場を離れる、逃げ出す / 警告なしに誰かを見捨てる、放置する / 学校をサボる、登校しない

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When the storm sirens started wailing, we decided to bug out before the roads flooded.

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サイレンが鳴り始めたとき、道路が冠水する前に私たちは慌てて退避することにした。

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Sense（1）

(slang, intransitive, originally military) To leave (a place) hastily.

It's time I bugged out of this town: it ain't safe no more.

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Sense（2）

(slang, intransitive) To abandon someone without warning.

I'm not gonna bug out on you, I promise.

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Sense（3）

(slang, intransitive) To miss school, play truant, play hooky.

I go to Stockton High, but normally I bug out.

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Sense（4）

(slang, transitive, of one's eyes) To cause to bulge.

Kim Goodman holds the world record for bugging out her eyes.

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Sense（5）

(slang, intransitive) To freak out, to go crazy, e.g. from worry.

She gets her nails done every Friday, so I know she's bugging out by now because her polish has moved up from the cuticle just a tiny bit, indicating that her nails ain't fresh. “Mickey, how the hell I'm just gone walk up to someone and[…]

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