to divert attention from something that is bad
to change the topic from something that is more important to something that is not
to hide something
The prime minister keeps wagging the dog to keep people from actually finding out about the scam and its details.
I had to wag the dog so that he does not find out what I was doing this morning.
The management wags the dog when it comes to the new clients.
There is no origin for this idiom
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Common phrase that has a specific meaning.