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dogs it

dogs it is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dog it.

Meaning of dog it

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.

Questions about dogs it

What is dogs it the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dogs it is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dog it.

Words near dogs it in the dictionary

  1. dogs have masters; cats have staff
  2. dogs have owners, cats have staff
  3. dogs in blankets
  4. dogs in mangers
  5. dogs in the manger
  6. dogs it
  7. dogs of war
  8. dogs out
  9. dogs that caught the car
  10. dogs' dinners
  11. dogs' lives

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dogs it (page history and authors); dog it (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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