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bag
Any sort of flexible material that is used as a container could be called a bag. There are many different types of bags:
- Purchased items go into a grocery bag or a shopping bag when you go shopping for food or clothing.
- Bread comes in a bag.
- Candy also comes in a bag.
- People who go to the movies often buy a bag of popcorn.
- This is a bag of potato chips.
- A lunch bag holds your lunch.
- Tea bags are used for making tea.
- When traveling, many passengers carry their stuff in a bag.
(bag = luggage)
- She’s carrying a handbag.
- Duffel bags are useful when traveling or just going to the gym.
- Whenever I go golfing, I carry my clubs in a golf bag.
- A laundry bag is used for holding clothes that need to be cleaned.
- Fighters practice hitting with a punching bag.
- You can even put yourself into a bag. When camping, you use a sleeping bag.
When “bag” is used as a verb it means to put something into a bag:
- Someone bagged my groceries at the grocery store.
- She bagged the potatoes.
- Do you bag your own groceries when you go shopping?
A popular expression in the United States is “in the bag.” This means that something has already been completed or it’s easily done.
- We’ve got this deal in the bag.
- Profits for the year are in the bag.
- With a score of 45 to 7, they’ve got this game in the bag. (The team that’s winning can’t possibly lose.)
- Joseph isn’t worried about whether or not he’s going to get the job he interviewed for. He says it’s in the bag
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