get a jag on

verb

To get drunk.

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Meanings

verbget a jag on (third-person singular simple present gets a jag on, present participle getting a jag on, simple past got a jag on, past participle (UK) got a jag on or (US) gotten a jag on)

present singular third person gets a jag on · participle present getting a jag on · past got a jag on · UK participle past got a jag on · US participle past gotten a jag on

  1. intransitiveslangTo get drunk.

    1899, Roswell Martin Field and Eugene Field (translators), "The Preference Declared" from Horace, Ode I.38, in Echoes from the Sabine Farm Myrtle is good enough for us,— / For you, as bearer of my flagon; / For me, supine beneath this vine, / Doing my best to get a jag on!

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APA

get a jag on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20a%20jag%20on

MLA

“get a jag on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20a%20jag%20on. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get a jag on,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20a%20jag%20on.

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