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bug out

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Verb

  1. To leave (a place) hastily.
  2. To leave (a place) hastily: To abandon someone without warning.
  3. To leave (a place) hastily: To miss school, play truant, play hooky.
  4. To leave (a place) hastily: To leave civilization to live off the grid; to escape an apocalypse or emergency by leaving the area.
  5. To cause to bulge.
  6. To bulge; to protrude.
  7. To freak out, to go crazy, e.g. from worry.
  8. To crash or glitch.

Noun

  1. A rapid retreat, a rout.

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