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plays the wag

plays the wag is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 plays the wag

What is plays the wag the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Plays the wag is the third-person singular simple present indicative of play the wag.

Words near plays the wag in the dictionary

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

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