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handbagged

handbagged is the simple past and past participle of handbag.

Meaning of handbag

Verb

handbag (third-person singular simple present handbags, present participle handbagging, simple past and past participle handbagged)

  1. (UK, humorous, idiomatic, metonymically, transitive) To attack verbally or subject to criticism (typically used of a woman).
    • ‘Apparently Birt happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time on Sunday afternoon. Virginia saw him and handbagged him. She really was very cross.’1995, Nicholas Jones, Soundbites and Spin Doctors, London: Cassell, →ISBN, page 202

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Questions about handbagged

What is handbagged the simple past and past participle of?
Handbagged is the simple past and past participle of handbag.

Words near handbagged in the dictionary

  1. handbacks
  2. handbag
  3. handbag clip
  4. handbag house
  5. handbagful
  6. handbagged
  7. handbagger
  8. handbaggers
  9. handbagging
  10. handbaggings
  11. handbaggy

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