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give someone the bag

give someone the bag verb: to disappoint (someone).

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

Forms of give someone the bag

third-person singular presentgives someone the bag
present participlegiving someone the bag
pastgave someone the bag
past participlegiven someone the bag

Questions about give someone the bag

What does give someone the bag mean?
Give someone the bag means to disappoint (someone).
What part of speech is give someone the bag?
Give someone the bag is a verb.
What is the past tense of give someone the bag?
The past tense of give someone the bag is gave someone the bag.

Words near give someone the bag in the dictionary

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

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