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What does "bug" mean?

See in a sentence

In addition to the idioms beginning with bug, also see cute as a button (bug's ear); put a bug in someone's ear; snug as a bug in a rug; what's eating (bugging) you.

See bug in WNW Idioms

bug off

â

Slang to stop annoying someone and leave

also Brit.bugger off

bug out

â

Slang to run away; desert

See bug in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms

put a bug in (someone's) ear

Informal

To impart useful information to (another) in a subtle, discreet way.

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