tog
verb/tɒɡ/
/tɑːɡ/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they tog | /tɒɡ/ /tɑːɡ/ |
| he / she / it togs | /tɒɡz/ /tɑːɡz/ |
| past simple togged | /tɒɡd/ /tɑːɡd/ |
| past participle togged | /tɒɡd/ /tɑːɡd/ |
| -ing form togging | /ˈtɒɡɪŋ/ /ˈtɑːɡɪŋ/ |
Word Originverb early 18th cent. (as a slang term for a coat or outer garment): apparently an abbreviation of obsolete criminals' slang togeman(s) ‘a light cloak’, from French toge or Latin toga, related to tegere ‘to cover’.
Idioms
be togged out/up (in something)
- (informal) to be wearing clothes for a particular activity or occasion
- They were all togged up in their skiing gear.
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