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played the wag

played the wag is the simple past and past participle of play the wag.

Meaning of play the wag

Verb

play the wag (third-person singular simple present plays the wag, present participle playing the wag, simple past and past participle played the wag)

  1. (UK, dated, idiomatic, slang) To play truant (be absent from school without permission).
    • […] that unaccountable luck that appears to always wait upon a boy when he plays the wag from school, and goes out fishing on a sunny afternoon, with a bit of string tied on to the end of a tree.1889, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat […]

Questions about played the wag

What is played the wag the simple past and past participle of?
Played the wag is the simple past and past participle of play the wag.

Words near played the wag in the dictionary

  1. played the race card
  2. played the same tape
  3. played the skin flute
  4. played the something card
  5. played the system
  6. played the wag
  7. played the white man
  8. played through
  9. played to
  10. played to the cheap seats
  11. played to the gallery

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