dog it

English

Pronunciation

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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.

   Synonyms: (on the job) soldier; fuck the dog (vulgar)

   The boss made him do extra cleaning work, because he was caught dogging it on his prior assignment.

   The coach made him run extra laps, because he was dogging it in practice.

Related terms

• dogfucker (vulgar)