"dog it" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-dog it.ogg [Australia] Forms: dogs it [present, singular, third-person], dogging it [participle, present], dogged it [participle, past], dogged it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dog it (third-person singular simple present dogs it, present participle dogging it, simple past and past participle dogged it)
  1. (slang) To underperform; to lag behind; to fail to exert effort. Tags: slang

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for dog it meaning in English (1.8kB)

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        "(slang) To underperform; to lag behind; to fail to exert effort."
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