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
zig
/zɪɡ/
noun 4verb 1name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
quarterly
VERB + ZIG
taxes
ZIG + NOUN
zag
PREP.
after, in, up
ADV.
electronically
Definitions
noun
1
A sudden or sharp turn or change of direction.
2
A kind of Jewish comedy skit.
Zigs at Kfar Hanassi were rooted firmly in the history of British comedy.
verb
1
To make such a turn.
noun
1
Alternative letter-case form of ZiG.
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Zigs at Kfar Hanassi were rooted firmly in the history of British comedy.
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For a start, it's making it compulsory for companies to settle at least half of their quarterly taxes in ZiG, according to the central bank report.
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After the ZiG was introduced electronically, bank accounts of some businesses were frozen, accused by the government of rejecting the new currency.
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Ms Dhliwayo would use Zigs if there were any to be had - but it mostly exists digitally, and in a place where people can rarely charge their phones because of blackouts, it is cash that counts.
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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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