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Discover LudwigThe phrase "bugged for" is not correct English.
It is likely a confusion of the idioms "bugging for" and "bugged about" which are both colloquial phrases. The phrase "bugging for" means to be very eager or keen to do something. For example, "I was bugging for a chance to prove myself." The phrase "bugged about" means to be annoyed or irritated. For example, "I was bugged about being given such an impossible task."
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Now it turns out that he has had his phone bugged for nearly a year by investigating judges.
Offices, conference rooms, hotel rooms, and even bedrooms are "bugged" for the convenience of government.
But the most harped-on aspect, for sure, consisted of the ordinary objects bugged for our amusement.
Following news that the NSA have monitored calls of at least 35 world leaders, it emerged that Angela Merkel's phone might have been bugged for over a decade.
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"We give 'em bug-for-bug compatibility," says Mentor General Manager Gregory Long, 44, echoing the "plug-to-plug compatibility" trumpeted by mainframe salesmen of yore.
"We give them bug-for-bug compatibility," says Mentor's general manager, Gregory Long, 44, echoing the "plug-to-plug compatibility" trumpeted by the mainframe salesmen of yore.
Critics have bugged you for a long time.
The question has bugged me for a long time.
The family home had been bugged, possibly for many years.
Delays to manufacturing in China had bugged Hornby for years.
He's been bugging me for years.
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