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bag out

bag out verb: to criticise someone.

Verb

bag out (third-person singular simple present bags out, present participle bagging out, simple past and past participle bagged out)

  1. (Australia, slang) to criticise someone
    • I don't mean to bag you out, but that top is really not flattering on you.
  2. (Australia, slang) to reach an allowable catch limit in recreational fishing
    • Ross, Monique (16 May 2023), “Safeguarding a sanctuary”, in ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation: “"My least favourite saying that I hear is, 'we've bagged out,'" Parker says – a reference to a recreational fisher reaching their catch limit.”

Forms of bag out

third-person singular presentbags out
present participlebagging out
past participlebagged out
pastbagged out

Questions about bag out

What does bag out mean?
Bag out means to criticise someone.
What part of speech is bag out?
Bag out is a verb.
What is the past tense of bag out?
The past tense of bag out is bagged out.

Words near bag out in the dictionary

  1. bag of waters
  2. bag of weasels
  3. bag of wind
  4. bag of words
  5. bag off
  6. bag out
  7. bag people
  8. bag phone
  9. bag phones
  10. bag plum
  11. bag plums

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