secure the bag

Meaning

This phrase means to acquire a large sum of money, secure a lucrative business deal, or achieve financial success. It originated in hip-hop culture and is widely used on social media to describe working hard to get paid. The tone is highly encouraging, ambitious, and casual.

Examples

• I need to study hard, get this degree, and secure the bag.

  I need to study hard, get this degree, and secure the bag.

• She just signed a massive contract with a major brand and secured the bag.

  She just signed a massive contract with a major brand and secured the bag.

• Stop wasting time on video games; we need to go out there and secure the bag.

  Stop wasting time on video games; we need to go out there and secure the bag.

• He's working two jobs this summer just to secure the bag for college.

  He's working two jobs this summer just to secure the bag for college.

• Once I secure the bag from this freelance project, I'm buying a new laptop.

  Once I secure the bag from this freelance project, I'm buying a new laptop.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I secured the bag of groceries from the store.

  ✓ I got the groceries from the store.

  'Secure the bag' is a figurative slang term for financial success or major business deals, not literal shopping bags.

• ✗ He secured a bag.

  ✓ He secured the bag.

  The idiom almost always uses the definite article 'the bag' rather than 'a bag'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• After months of negotiations, she finally signed the contract and ___.

  💡 Got the money or deal.

  Show answer

  secured the bag

• We need to focus on our business plan so we can ___ this year.

  💡 Achieve financial success.

  Show answer

  secure the bag