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Meaning of play the wag | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To play truant (be absent from school without permission).

UK, dated, idiomatic, slang

Examples

“[…] that unaccountable luck that appears to always wait upon a boy when he plays the wag from school, and goes out fishing on a sunny afternoon, with a bit of string tied on to the end of a tree.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

play the white man play through play to play to the cheap seats play to the crowd play to the gallery