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get a jag on

get a jag on verb: to get drunk.

Verb

get a jag on (third-person singular simple present gets a jag on, present participle getting a jag on, simple past got a jag on, past participle (UK) got a jag on or (US) gotten a jag on)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To get drunk.
    • Myrtle is good enough for us,— / For you, as bearer of my flagon; / For me, supine beneath this vine, / Doing my best to get a jag on!1899, Roswell Martin Field and Eugene Field (translators), "The Preference Declared" from Horace, Ode I.38, in Echoes from the Sabine Farm

Forms of get a jag on

third-person singular presentgets a jag on
present participlegetting a jag on
pastgot a jag on
past participle UKgot a jag on
past participle USgotten a jag on

Questions about get a jag on

What does get a jag on mean?
Get a jag on means to get drunk.
What part of speech is get a jag on?
Get a jag on is a verb.
What is the past tense of get a jag on?
The past tense of get a jag on is got a jag on.

Words near get a jag on in the dictionary

  1. get a fix
  2. get a grip
  3. get a handle on
  4. get a hold of
  5. get a horse
  6. get a jag on
  7. get a jump on
  8. get a kick out of
  9. get a leg up
  10. get a life
  11. get a line on

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