hop the wag in English

Forms: hops the wag [present, singular, third-person], hopping the wag [participle, present], hopped the wag [participle, past], hopped the wag [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} hop the wag (third-person singular simple present hops the wag, present participle hopping the wag, simple past and past participle hopped the wag)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "hops the wag",
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      "form": "hopped the wag",
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      "glosses": [
        "To play truant (be absent from school without permission)."
      ],
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          "play truant",
          "play truant"
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        "(idiomatic, UK, slang, dated) To play truant (be absent from school without permission)."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "play the wag"
        },
        {
          "word": "wag it"
        },
        {
          "word": "skive"
        }
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        "dated",
        "idiomatic",
        "slang"
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  "word": "hop the wag"
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      "form": "hops the wag",
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        "third-person"
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        "To play truant (be absent from school without permission)."
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        "(idiomatic, UK, slang, dated) To play truant (be absent from school without permission)."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "slang"
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    {
      "word": "play the wag"
    },
    {
      "word": "wag it"
    },
    {
      "word": "skive"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hop the wag"
}

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"hop the wag" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms