Meaning of sag off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To skive; to fail to attend school when required to do so.
2. To back off from an opponent against whom one is defending.
3. To move too far leeward when sailing on the wind.
4. To fall in share price.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sag, off.

Examples

“"I was in the third year at school and I was sagging off with a few of my mates. We were on a building site and two of us got arrested and given a caution. "”

“And you were academically bright, which I certainly had not expected, because Maggie told me how you were always sagging off school, only going in a couple of times a term to fetch books because you were an avid reader.”

“The defender playing the man with the ball meets him at the perimeter. The other five defenders will "sag off"their men at varying distances, which are determined by the location of the offensive players. The defender can sag only to the point where he can effectively guard his man if he were to receive the ball.”

“Instead, the on-ball defender (in zone or man) will sag off toward the basket, cutting off passing lanes and adding more help to the interior.”

“If Daniel is out of shooting range when he gives up his dribble, consider having the defender sag off the ball toward the basket and anticipate the next pass. (Note that sagging off is recommended only for advanced players with good judgement).”

“When you are on the weak side, sag off your opponent and form an imaginary flat triangle between you, your opponent, and the ball.”

“The more the backstay is tightened, the less the headstay will sag off to leeward, forming a rigid and more efficient arc along the luff of the genoa while beating to weather.”

“The helmsman allowed her to sag off a little as she rode the wave, and Rennie drew breath to say something — and had to bite his tongue.”

“The effect of this downwards pull is to eliminate excessive twist and sagging off to leeward at the head of the sail and to allow a little more flow or belly near the luff.”

“If we missed stays and failed to tack we would sag off to leeward, onto the sandbank.”

“That was considered to be largely in sympathy with the course of the wheat market and a willingness on the part of crushers to permit quotations to sag off before according fresh support.”

“Iron and steel prices continued to sag off during the past month.”

“One in which prices barely hold their own, and are inclined to sag off a little during the day, closing lower than they opened.”

“His trousers were sagging off his legs.”

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