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do someone's dags

do someone's dags noun: to defy someone by doing something that they are unable to do.

Noun

do someone's dags pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, obsolete, plural, plural-only, slang) To defy someone by doing something that they are unable to do.
    • "Can you climb?" asked Gale of Joe.
      "Like a monkey."
      "Of course," said Gale, drily, "very much like a monkey."
      "That's one to you; but I can do your dags."
      "You can't."
      "I can — anybody's dags. Look here."1880, Our Boys' Paper, page 411
    • […] do his dags for him, Billy would, if he could get at him. Wouldn't you, Billy?1914, William De Morgan, When Ghost Meets Ghost, page 575

Origin of do someone's dags

From darings.

Questions about do someone's dags

What does do someone's dags mean?
Do someone's dags means to defy someone by doing something that they are unable to do.
What part of speech is do someone's dags?
Do someone's dags is a noun.

Words near do someone's dags in the dictionary

  1. do someone like that
  2. do someone one better
  3. do someone proud
  4. do someone's bidding
  5. do someone's business
  6. do someone's dags
  7. do someone's head in
  8. do someone's heart good
  9. do svidaniia
  10. do svidaniya
  11. do svidanya

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