zig when one should zag
To misstep or err.
As I came around the last corner of the house, I zigged when I should have zagged, or zagged when I should have zigged. Either way, Brett went off the track and into a clump of bir
zag
/zæɡ/
noun 2verb 1
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down, in, up
Definitions
noun
1
One of a series of sharp turns or reversals.
2
One of a series of sharp turns or reversals.
Afterward, she returns to the Dragon Pit to announce her agreement to the truce. “The darkness is coming for us all. We will face it together. And when the Great War is over, perhaps you will remember that I chose to help, with no promises or assurances from any of you. I expect not.” The self-pity and pettiness is classic Cersei, but what a zag! It was always hard to imagine what this show looks like with all the humans on all sides temporarily working together.
verb
1
To move with a sharp turn or reversal.
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Afterward, she returns to the Dragon Pit to announce her agreement to the truce. “The darkness is coming for us all. We will face it together. And when the Great War is over, perhaps you will remember
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One of the moons, Naiad has a tilted orbital plane and circles Neptune in a zig zag, up and down pattern.
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