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Definition of rag verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rag

verb
 
/ræɡ/
 
/ræɡ/
(old-fashioned)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they rag
 
/ræɡ/
 
/ræɡ/
he / she / it rags
 
/ræɡz/
 
/ræɡz/
past simple ragged
 
/ˈræɡɪd/
 
/ˈræɡɪd/
past participle ragged
 
/ˈræɡɪd/
 
/ˈræɡɪd/
-ing form ragging
 
/ˈræɡɪŋ/
 
/ˈræɡɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. rag somebody (about something) to laugh at and/or play tricks on somebody synonym tease
    Word Originverb and rag on somebody. mid 18th cent.: of unknown origin.
See rag in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
previously
adverb
 
 
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