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bum out

 
Idioms: bum out


1.  Depress, sadden, dispirit, as in He's been really bummed out since his girlfriend moved to California. [Slang; late 1960s]
2.  Annoy, irritate, vex, as in That haircut will really bum out his parents. [Slang; c. 1970]
3.  Fail badly, as in I got through the midterm, but I bummed out totally on the final exam. This usage is student slang. [Late 1960s]


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1. in. to have a bad experience with drugs. (Drugs.)  I bummed out on angel dust.
2. in. to have any bad experience.  The test was horrible. I bummed out, for sure.

 
 

 

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Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Slang Dictionary. McGraw-Hill's Essential American Slang Dictionary. Copyright © 2007 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more

 

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