bag
/bæɡ/ verb C2- To put into a bag.
- To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting. · We bagged three deer yesterday.
- To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
- To steal.
- To take a woman away with one as a romantic or sexual interest.
- To arrest.
- To furnish or load with a bag.
- To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
He/she/it bags · Past bagged · Past participle bagged · -ing form bagging
Verb forms
- Base form
- bag
- He/she/it
- bags
- Past
- bagged
- Past participle
- bagged
- -ing form
- bagging
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Then, holding tightly to the carpet-bag which contained “all her worldly goods,” she followed him into the house.
Give me your bag.”
One of the Mice, peeping stealthily out, saw her and said, “Ah, my good madam, even though you should turn into a meal-bag, we will not come near you.”
It’s an extremely old carpet-bag.
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