单词 | to bug out |
释义 | > as lemmasto bug out Phrasal verbs to bug out slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). a. intransitive. To think or behave in an irrational, uncontrolled, strange, or erratic way; to panic or become hysterical. Also without out.In quot. 1939 (transitive) to bug one's way out (of something): to act as if insane in order to avoid something unpleasant or inconvenient. ΚΠ 1939 R. Chandler in Dime Detective Mag. Aug. 60/2 He could bug his way outa raps... Totes a gun and acts simple. 1961 F. J. Rigney & L. D. Smith Real Bohemia p. xiii Bug out.., to become psychotic. 1987 C. Hilberry Luke Karamazov xi. 120 I started bugging out. I could feel myself going. You know, I'm losing grip on it. 1992 T. Williams Crackhouse xi. 77 He's on the floor in my closet, and I have no idea what he's looking for and he doesn't either... This is what we call ‘the bug-out’—we say ‘he's bugging’. 2013 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 19 June 5 I knew they [sc. the police] had my phone and I was bugging out... I had a bad feeling. b. transitive. To disturb or unsettle (someone). Also: to annoy, bother, or irritate (cf. sense 4). ΚΠ 1970 J. Bouton Ball Four v. 156 Curt said I had bugged out at least half the coaching staff. 1986 New Musical Express 29 Mar. 19/1 You're looking at me. You're bugging me out, man. 1993 R. Shell iCED 109 I just couldn't find my shit and it was bugging me out. 2002 Amer. Theatre (Electronic ed.) Dec. 17 In other words, close collaborations don't bug her out. 2011 G. L. Heyward Corruption Officer (2015) 146 What's bugging me out is why neither of them is stepping up. < as lemmas |
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