Idiom idiom
bugger off
Vulgar
Meaning
Go away.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He told the annoying man to bugger off.”
“When the persistent salesperson wouldn't leave, she finally told him to bugger off.”
“After the intruder refused to leave the property, the owner shouted for him to bugger off immediately.”
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”.
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Last updated August 10, 2026