buzz off

1. colloquialidiomaticdismissalgo away.

   The bouncer shouted “Buzz off!” and kicked me out of the establishment.

   Synonyms: beat it!, get lost!, shove off!

present singular third person buzzes off · participle present buzzing off · participle past buzzed off · past buzzed off

1. intransitiveTo leave with a buzzing sound.

   The bee was flying around my head, but then it buzzed off.

2. figurativelyTo leave (especially busily), take off, go away.

   1 more example

   “Where's Daddy?” Phyllis asked. “He suddenly decided to go to London,” said Bobbie. “To London?” “That's what he said.” “Why?” “He didn't tell me.” “I must go and see him,” said Phyllis, and buzzed off. [...] “He's asking for his dinner, the sweet little angel. All right, darling, Mother's coming,” she fluted, and buzzed off on the errand of mercy. [...] “That's life,” she said, and buzzed off to keep her vigil, leaving me kicking myself because I'd forgotten to say anything about the quality of mercy not being strained.

   1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “V, XIII, AND XX”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC

3. transitiveTo interrupt and/or disqualify (someone) by means of a buzzer.

   He went to this talent show, but they buzzed him off after twenty seconds.