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gave someone the bag

gave someone the bag is the simple past of give someone the bag.

Meaning of give someone the bag

Verb

give someone the bag (third-person singular simple present gives someone the bag, present participle giving someone the bag, simple past gave someone the bag, past participle given someone the bag)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete, transitive) To disappoint (someone).
    • I have felt of the power and terrors of what is yet unseen , he would not thus have lightly given us the bag1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC

Questions about gave someone the bag

What is gave someone the bag the simple past of?
Gave someone the bag is the simple past of give someone the bag.

Words near gave someone the bag in the dictionary

  1. gave someone line
  2. gave someone one
  3. gave someone something to think about
  4. gave someone the air
  5. gave someone the arm
  6. gave someone the bag
  7. gave someone the boot
  8. gave someone the brush-off
  9. gave someone the business
  10. gave someone the chair
  11. gave someone the cold shoulder

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