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sag off

Basketball: Position oneself closer to the basket while guarding an opposing player.

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When they sag off, he has all the time in the world to find an open teammate close to the basket.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Modified by plessielochness on January 11, 2022

Additional definitions for 'sag off':

sag offTo skive, to not attend school when required to do so.
sag offUsed other than as an idiom: sag off.
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отойти, пропустить, прогуляться

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