blag
verb/blæɡ/
/blæɡ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they blag | /blæɡ/ /blæɡ/ |
| he / she / it blags | /blæɡz/ /blæɡz/ |
| past simple blagged | /blæɡd/ /blæɡd/ |
| past participle blagged | /blæɡd/ /blæɡd/ |
| -ing form blagging | /ˈblæɡɪŋ/ /ˈblæɡɪŋ/ |
- blag something (British English, informal) to persuade somebody to give you something, or to let you do something, by talking to them in a clever way
- I blagged some tickets for the game.
- We blagged our way into the reception by saying that we were from the press.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: perhaps from French blaguer ‘tell lies’.Want to learn more?
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