Definitions:

1. refers to items needed or locations for bugging out adjective
   • Don't forget the bug out bag.
2. to act out of character or feel very anxious, usually due to an external situation or the ingestion of intoxicating substances verb
   • We were really bugging out last weekend when the cops rolled up.
3. to bulge outward verb
   • It looks like your eyes are bugging out.
4. to head to a safe place, comes from the survivalist a.k.a. prepper subculture verb
   • When the pandemic hits, we are going to bug out.

Synonyms:

• start