play the wag in English

Forms: plays the wag [present, singular, third-person], playing the wag [participle, present], played the wag [participle, past], played the wag [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} play the wag (third-person singular simple present plays the wag, present participle playing the wag, simple past and past participle played the wag)

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays the wag",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing the wag",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the wag",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the wag",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To play truant (be absent from school without permission)."
      ],
      "id": "en-play_the_wag-en-verb-gfEWciai",
      "links": [
        [
          "play truant",
          "play truant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, UK, slang, dated) To play truant (be absent from school without permission)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hop the wag"
        },
        {
          "word": "wag it"
        },
        {
          "word": "skive"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dated",
        "idiomatic",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "play the wag"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays the wag",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing the wag",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the wag",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the wag",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "play the wag (third-person singular simple present plays the wag, present participle playing the wag, simple past and past participle played the wag)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English dated terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English slang",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To play truant (be absent from school without permission)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "play truant",
          "play truant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, UK, slang, dated) To play truant (be absent from school without permission)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dated",
        "idiomatic",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hop the wag"
    },
    {
      "word": "wag it"
    },
    {
      "word": "skive"
    }
  ],
  "word": "play the wag"
}

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"play the wag" meaning in English

Verb