What does get a jag on mean?

get a jag on

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: get a -jag on
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verb

To get drunk.

Intransitive verb; Slang

Example Sentences

"1899, Roswell Martin Field and Eugene Field (translators), "The Preference Declared" from Horace, Ode I.38, in Echoes from the Sabine Farm Myrtle is good enough for us,— / For you, as bearer of my flagon; / For me, supine beneath this vine, / Doing my best to get a jag on!"

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gets a jag on (present, singular) getting a jag on (participle, present) got a jag on (past) got a jag on (UK, participle) gotten a jag on (US, participle)

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