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giving someone the bag

giving someone the bag is the present participle and gerund 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 giving someone the bag

What is giving someone the bag the present participle and gerund of?
Giving someone the bag is the present participle and gerund of give someone the bag.

Words near giving someone the bag in the dictionary

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

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