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单词 dog it
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dog it

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1

Do less than is required; loaf or shirk. For example, I'm afraid our donors are dogging it this year. This expression originated in sports and soon was transferred to other endeavors. [Slang; c. 1900]

2

Move slowly, as in We just dogged it along from California to Oregon.

3

Run away, as in Let's dog it out of here right now. This usage originated in American underworld slang in the 1920s, where it meant “to back down in cowardly fashion,” and acquired its present sense about 1930.

4

Same as put on the dog.

Words nearby dog it

dog hook, doghouse, dogie, dog in the manger, dog iron, dog it, dog Latin, dogleg, dogleg fence, dog-legged, dog-leg stair
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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