dog it

Meanings

verbdog it (third-person singular simple present dogs it, present participle dogging it, simple past and past participle dogged it)

present singular third person dogs it · participle present dogging it · participle past dogged it · past dogged it

slangTo underperform; to lag behind; to fail to exert effort.
The coach made him run extra laps, because he was dogging it in practice.
1 more example
The boss made him do extra cleaning work, because he was caught dogging it on his prior assignment.
Synonyms: soldier, fuck the dog

verbTo underperform; to lag behind; to fail to exert effort.

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