dog
verb/dɒɡ/
/dɔːɡ/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they dog | /dɒɡ/ /dɔːɡ/ |
| he / she / it dogs | /dɒɡz/ /dɔːɡz/ |
| past simple dogged | /dɒɡd/ /dɔːɡd/ |
| past participle dogged | /dɒɡd/ /dɔːɡd/ |
| -ing form dogging | /ˈdɒɡɪŋ/ /ˈdɔːɡɪŋ/ |
- [often passive] (of a problem or bad luck) to cause you trouble for a long time
- be dogged by something He had been dogged by ill health all his life.
- Her career was dogged by misfortune.
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- dog somebody/something to follow somebody closely
- She had the impression that someone was dogging her steps.
Word OriginOld English docga, of unknown origin.
Idioms
See dog in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarydog it
- (North American English, informal) (especially in sport) to be lazy or make no effort
- He was criticized for dogging it after a poor performance in the game.
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