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go stag
Idioms and Phrases
Go unaccompanied by a person of the opposite sex to a social event, as in John decided to go stag to his roommate's party , or Some of the girls are going stag to the dance . Although this term originally applied only to men attending an event without a woman companion, it is now applied to women as well. [c. 1900]Example Sentences
Hopefully, a few of us would snag dates and the rest of us could go stag together.
There was no way I was going to go stag to prom without a stag posse.
Go stag, and the bosses could unilaterally decide you’re a loner.
Mr Hollande will not be the first to go stag to a state dinner.
I’d rather go stag on Valentine’s Day than have a pity dinner with an ex who dumped me.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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