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# togs

«togs» in Mova's school dictionary: **swimming costumes, swimmers** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun plural (togs) (informal; Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, UK)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Australia, Ireland) Togs are swimming costumes, swimmers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/togs/#m1)

2) (UK informal) Togs means clothes, especially for a special purpose: «football togs», «your best togs». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/togs/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Children in Queensland and Ireland pack their togs for swimming lessons. In the UK, «get your togs on» means get dressed. Also «togged up» = dressed up.

### examples

- Don't forget your togs for swimming! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/togs/#x1)
- We put our togs on and ran into the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/togs/#x2)
- Pack your football togs for PE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/togs/#x3)
- She got togged up for the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/togs/#x4)
- My togs are still wet from yesterday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/togs/#x5)
- Everyone wore their Sunday togs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/togs/#x6)

### note

Always plural. Informal. Other words for swimwear: swimmers (Australia), cozzie (UK, Australia), bathers, swimsuit, trunks.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «togs» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/togs/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.