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past tense of lag
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1
to lose bodily strength or vigor
- during the fourth quarter the whole team seemed to lag
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2
to move or act slowly
- the tired puppy was lagging behind the rest of the pack
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- crawled,
- crept,
- dallied,
- dawdled,
- delayed,
- diddled,
- dillydallied,
- dragged,
- lingered,
- loitered,
- lollygagged
- (also lallygagged),
- moped,
- poked,
- shilly-shallied,
- tarried
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“Lagged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lagged. Accessed 26 Jan. 2022.
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