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swag it

swag it verb: to travel on foot, carrying one's possessions. Also the alternative form of swag it out.

Verb

swag it (third-person singular simple present swags it, present participle swagging it, simple past and past participle swagged it)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) To travel on foot, carrying one's possessions.
    • ...for of late many a man travelling on horseback has, after spending three times the worth of his horses in feeding them, seen them die, leaving him to throw his saddles away and swag it with the footmen.1885, Chambers's Journal - Volume 62, Issue 1, page 287
    • Why not come with me, an' we 'll swag it outer this into Queensland ?1915, Nicholas Freydon, The Record of Nicholas Freydon: An Autobiography, page 87

Also used as

swag it is also the alternative form of swag it out.

Forms of swag it

third-person singular presentswags it
present participleswagging it
past participleswagged it
pastswagged it

Questions about swag it

What does swag it mean?
Swag it means to travel on foot, carrying one's possessions.
What part of speech is swag it?
Swag it is a verb.
What is the past tense of swag it?
The past tense of swag it is swagged it.

Words near swag it in the dictionary

  1. Swaffords
  2. Swafield
  3. swag
  4. swag bag
  5. swag bags
  6. swag it
  7. swag it out
  8. swag it up
  9. swag light
  10. swag lights
  11. swag out

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