Daily life
bag something
get something quickly
To bag something means to get or reserve it quickly before someone else does.
Hear it in real life
Where should we sit?
I'll bag a table outside if you order the drinks.
I'll go early and bag us two seats near the front.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I bagged for a table outside.
Say: I bagged a table outside.
"Bag" takes the thing you secure directly, without "for."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
bag a seat; bag us a table; bag something
Your turn: say it out loud
I'll go early and bag us two seats near the front.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
bag something
get something quickly
“I'll go early and bag us two seats near the front.”
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