wag the dog
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tail wagging the dog. The shortened form with the political sense was popularized by the film Wag the Dog (1997).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
wag the dog (third-person singular simple present wags the dog, present participle wagging the dog, simple past and past participle wagged the dog)