See bugger off in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "déguerpir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to leave, go away, disappear",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "foutre le camp"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to leave, go away, disappear",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "décarrer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to leave, go away, disappear",
"word": "aller se rhabiller"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to leave, go away, disappear",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "aller chier dans sa caisse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to leave, go away, disappear",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "verziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to leave, go away, disappear",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "verpissen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to leave, go away, disappear",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "vom Acker machen"
}
],
"word": "bugger off"
}
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