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verbid 3220·updated Jun 3, 2026
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to act out of character or feel very anxious, usually due to an external situation or the ingestion of intoxicating substances

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Cognitive

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Variants

synonym
start
pasttense
bugged out
presentparticiple
bugging out
thirdpersonsingular
bugs out
pastparticiple
bugged out

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
to bulge outward
§2
to head to a safe place, comes from the survivalist a.k.a. prepper subculture
§3
to act out of character or feel very anxious, usually due to an external situation or the ingestion of intoxicating substances
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
to act out of character or feel very anxious, usually due to an external situation or the ingestion of intoxicating substances
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

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