hop the wag

English

Verb

hop the wag (third-person singular simple present hops the wag, present participle hopping the wag, simple past and past participle hopped the wag)

  1. (idiomatic, UK, slang, dated) To play truant (be absent from school without permission).[1]

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References

  1. ^ Jonathon Green, The Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, New York: Stein and Day, 1985, p. 141.