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zigged when one should zag

zigged when one should zag is the simple past and past participle of zig when one should zag.

Meaning of zig when one should zag

Verb

zig when one should zag (third-person singular simple present zigs when one should zag, present participle zigging when one should zag, simple past and past participle zigged when one should zag or zigged when one should have zagged)

  1. (idiomatic) To misstep or err.
    • As I came around the last corner of the house, I zigged when I should have zagged, or zagged when I should have zigged. Either way, Brett went off the track and into a clump of birch trees. I turned around and saw the sled was gone […]2014, Larry Bettag, No Rewind: Only One Shot, page 53

Questions about zigged when one should zag

What is zigged when one should zag the simple past and past participle of?
Zigged when one should zag is the simple past and past participle of zig when one should zag.

Words near zigged when one should zag in the dictionary

  1. ziggaboos
  2. ziggarat
  3. ziggarats
  4. zigged
  5. zigged when one should have zagged
  6. zigged when one should zag
  7. zigger
  8. ziggers
  9. ziggety
  10. zigging
  11. zigging when one should zag

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