to fag
- verb
- /fæɡ/
- UK
- She had to fag late into the night to finish her assignment on time.
Examples
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They fagged all day in the hot sun.
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The new interns were fagging away in the mailroom on their first day.
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After a long day of fagging at the construction site, he collapsed onto the couch.
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I fag away at my homework every evening.
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She had to fag late into the night to finish her assignment on time.
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After a long day of fagging at the construction site, he collapsed onto the couch.
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The new interns were fagging away in the mailroom on their first day.
Synonyms
Make someone tired over time because of stress or effort
To work hard for a long time at a dull or repeated task
To work very hard for a long time
Slowly make a person or thing weaker by repeated pressure
To work hard on difficult physical tasks
To become very tired or make someone very tired
To work hard at a task for a long time
To make a person very tired or a thing stop working by using it too much
To make someone very tired by hard work or long effort
To make a person very tired by using up their energy
To make someone or yourself very tired after long effort
To work hard at boring, repetitive tasks for a long time
To make someone tired or bored by doing something too often
To work very hard, often at a physical or long job
To work hard for a long time and suffer
To make someone very tired by long, hard effort
Make someone tired over time from too much work or stress
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Slur
A woman who has close friendships with gay men, a slang term that can be offensive
How Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fag (verb) is related to the word fatigue, which means 'tiredness', so to fag is to work very hard until you become tired.