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  • Wag the Dog: Two Meanings of the Idiom | Merriam-Webster
    The tail wagging the dog is an idiom that usually refers to something important or powerful being controlled by something less so Its earliest use is in the 1858 play Our American Cousin
  • Wag the dog - Wikipedia
    Wag the dog is a political term for the act of creating a diversion from a damaging issue usually through military force It stems from the generic use of the term to mean a small and seemingly unimportant entity (the tail) controls a bigger, more important one (the dog)
  • What Does Wag the Dog Mean? - Dictionary. com
    Wag the dog can be used as a verb or an adjective A strategy can be referred to as “a real wag the dog tactic,” or you can say that “The prime minister is wagging the dog with this accusation ” It can also be used as a hashtag to call attention to a person’s use of this strategy
  • Understanding wag the dog Idiom: Meaning, Origins Usage . . .
    The idiom “wag the dog” refers to a situation where someone creates a distraction from something important by focusing on something less significant It’s often used in politics or media to describe situations where attention is diverted from an issue of importance
  • Tail Wagging the Dog – Idiom, Meaning and Examples
    The tail wagging the dog is an idiom we use to allude to a situation where a minor or less significant part controls or influences the major or more important part Simply put, the less significant details overshadow the main issue
  • What Does Tail Wagging The Dog Mean? - Writing Explained
    Sometimes, a dog will be wagging its tail so much that it makes the dog’s entire body move, as if the tail is actually wagging the dog It is unclear exactly where this phrase originated, but all of the earliest uses of it appear in U S writing, indicating an American origin
  • wag the dog - Idioms by The Free Dictionary
    wag the dog 1 verb In politics, to orchestrate some high-profile event or action in order to distract from something negative or damaging, usually a scandal of some kind Derived from the phrase "the tail wagging the dog" and popularized by the 1997 satirical film Wag the Dog
  • wag the dog meaning, origin, example, sentence, history
    “I had to wag the dog so that he does not find out where I had actually gone this afternoon” What actions is this person doing that is considered wagging the dog?


















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