A dual-meaning slang phrase. In dated British usage it meant to arrest or transport someone to prison. In more modern and widely used sense it means to slack off or be lazy. The shirking sense is the one most likely to be understood today, while the arresting sense belongs to older criminal cant.
He spent most of the afternoon lagging off instead of finishing the report.
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(slang, dated) To arrest; to take to prison.
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(slang) To shirk; to be lazy.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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