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Definition of brown-bag verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

brown-bag

verb
 
/ˈbraʊn bæɡ/
 
/ˈbraʊn bæɡ/
(North American English, informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they brown-bag
 
/ˈbraʊn bæɡ/
 
/ˈbraʊn bæɡ/
he / she / it brown-bags
 
/ˈbraʊn bæɡz/
 
/ˈbraʊn bæɡz/
past simple brown-bagged
 
/ˈbraʊn bæɡd/
 
/ˈbraʊn bæɡd/
past participle brown-bagged
 
/ˈbraʊn bæɡd/
 
/ˈbraʊn bæɡd/
-ing form brown-bagging
 
/ˈbraʊn bæɡɪŋ/
 
/ˈbraʊn bæɡɪŋ/
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  1. brown-bag it to bring your lunch with you to work or school, usually in a brown paper bag
    • My kids have been brown-bagging it this week.
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