bag it

1. Be quiet, stop doing something, go away. For example, I've heard enough about that, so just bag it! [ Slang ; 1960s]

2. Abandon something or someone, quit. For example, The class is not very good, so I've decided to bag it . This idiom first became widespread among students. [ Colloquial ; 1960s]

3. Pack things in a bag, as in “Please bag it,” the customer said to the checkout clerk . This usage mainly describes packing groceries or other purchases into a bag. [ Colloquial ; late 1500s]

Example Sentences

The campaign has also teamed up with social enterprise Madlug, set up by a youth worker in 2015, which donates a travel bag to a child in care for every bag it sells.

From BBC

“D-d-don’t! That b-b-brat froze me and my officers with a j-j-juju bag! It t-t-took hours for us to defrost!”

From Literature

“And maybe pay off the Lego airport faster. And pay Nadia back for the pop-up book. Like, could I take out all the recycling for you? Bag it up? Bring it to the sidewalk for pickup?”

From Literature

The thing about a bag: It travels with you and quickly becomes a part of the self, the journey.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr Dean said: "Police rang me to say, 'We have your mum's ashes, still in a sealed brown paper bag.' It had our mum's name on it."

From BBC

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