zig when one should zag

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zig when one should zag (third-person singular simple present zigs when one should zag, present participle zigging when one should zag, simple past and past participle zigged when one should zag or zigged when one should have zagged)

1. (idiomatic) To misstep or err.
   • 2014, Larry Bettag, No Rewind: Only One Shot, page 53:

     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 birch trees. I turned around and saw the sled was gone […]

See also

• zigzag