bag it

1. Pack things in a bag, as in “Please bag it,” the customer said to the checkout clerk . This usage mainly describes packing groceries or other purchases into a bag. [ Colloquial ; late 1500s]

2. Abandon something or someone, quit. For example, The class is not very good, so I've decided to bag it . This idiom first became widespread among students. [ Colloquial ; 1960s]

3. Be quiet, stop doing something, go away. For example, I've heard enough about that, so just bag it! [ Slang ; 1960s]

Example Sentences

“The result is that Beverly Hills gets off the hook, and Los Angeles is left holding the bag. It’s unfair and bad policy.”

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Like forensic scientists, she and her team of inspectors from Thailand's industry ministry take samples of the waste and carefully bag it up to be taken away for analysis.

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Bag it up in a plastic bag and throw it away.

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The campaign has also teamed up with social enterprise Madlug, set up by a youth worker in 2015, which donates a travel bag to a child in care for every bag it sells.

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“D-d-don’t! That b-b-brat froze me and my officers with a j-j-juju bag! It t-t-took hours for us to defrost!”

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