bug out
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- To leave (a place) hastily.
- To leave (a place) hastily: To abandon someone without warning.
- To leave (a place) hastily: To miss school, play truant, play hooky.
- To leave (a place) hastily: To leave civilization to live off the grid; to escape an apocalypse or emergency by leaving the area.
- To cause to bulge.
- To bulge; to protrude.
- To freak out, to go crazy, e.g. from worry.
- To crash or glitch.
Noun
- A rapid retreat, a rout.
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