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dog it

dog it verb: to underperform; to lag behind; to fail to exert effort.

Verb

dog it (third-person singular simple present dogs it, present participle dogging it, simple past and past participle dogged it)

  1. (slang) To underperform; to lag behind; to fail to exert effort.
    • The boss made him do extra cleaning work, because he was caught dogging it on his prior assignment.
    • The coach made him run extra laps, because he was dogging it in practice.

Synonyms of dog it

Forms of dog it

third-person singular presentdogs it
present participledogging it
past participledogged it
pastdogged it

Questions about dog it

What does dog it mean?
Dog it means to underperform; to lag behind; to fail to exert effort.
What part of speech is dog it?
Dog it is a verb.
What is the past tense of dog it?
The past tense of dog it is dogged it.

Words near dog it in the dictionary

  1. dog in the hunt
  2. dog in the manger
  3. dog in the race
  4. Dog Island
  5. Dog Islands
  6. dog it
  7. dog Latin
  8. dog lead
  9. dog leads
  10. dog man
  11. dog meat

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