dog it

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dog it

verb dogs it · dogging it · dogged it

slang To underperform; to lag behind; to fail to exert effort. The boss made him do extra cleaning work, because he was caught dogging it on his prior assignment.
Similar: soldier, fuck the dog

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@misc{dog_it_2026,
  title = {dog it},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dog%20it},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}