sag off

Definitions

1. 1

   To skive

   To skive; to fail to attend school when required to do so.

   • "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.
2. 2

   To back off from an opponent against whom one is defending.

   • 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.
3. 3

   To move too far leeward when sailing on the wind.

   • 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.
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   1. 4

      To fall in share price.

      • 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.
   2. 5

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sag, off.

      • His trousers were sagging off his legs.

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