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rag out

rag out verb: to dress up.

Verb

rag out (third-person singular simple present rags out, present participle ragging out, simple past and past participle ragged out)

  1. (US, regional, slang) To dress up.

Forms of rag out

third-person singular presentrags out
present participleragging out
past participleragged out
pastragged out

Questions about rag out

What does rag out mean?
Rag out means to dress up.
What part of speech is rag out?
Rag out is a verb.
What is the past tense of rag out?
The past tense of rag out is ragged out.

Words near rag out in the dictionary

  1. rag days
  2. rag doll
  3. rag dolls
  4. rag off
  5. rag on
  6. rag out
  7. rag paper
  8. rag papers
  9. rag pudding
  10. rag puddings
  11. rag race

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