See breathe down someone's neck on Wiktionary
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"(idiomatic) To follow or supervise someone too closely, causing discomfort for that person."
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "glxin kangnel",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "գլխին կանգնել"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "緊盯著某人"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "紧盯著某人"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "jǐn dīng zhe mǒurén",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "紧盯着某人"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "密切監視某人"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "mìqiè jiānshì mǒurén",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "密切监视某人"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "stát někomu za zády"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "iemand in zijn/haar nek hijgen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "hengittää jonkun niskaan"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "être sur le dos de quelqu’un"
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"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "fliquer"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "jemandem im Nacken sitzen"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "a nyakában liheg"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
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"word": "fiato sul collo"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "fungar no cangote"
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"code": "ru",
"english": "to breathe onto the back",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dyšátʹ v spínu",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "дыша́ть в спи́ну"
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"code": "ru",
"english": "to stand over the soul",
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"roman": "stojátʹ nad dušój",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "стоя́ть над душо́й"
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"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "dýchať niekomu na krk"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "tener a alguien en la mira"
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"word": "գլխին կանգնել"
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"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "緊盯著某人"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "紧盯著某人"
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"roman": "jǐn dīng zhe mǒurén",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "紧盯着某人"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "密切監視某人"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mìqiè jiānshì mǒurén",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "密切监视某人"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "stát někomu za zády"
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"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "iemand in zijn/haar nek hijgen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "hengittää jonkun niskaan"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "être sur le dos de quelqu’un"
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"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "fliquer"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "jemandem im Nacken sitzen"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "a nyakában liheg"
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"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"tags": [
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"word": "fiato sul collo"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "fungar no cangote"
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"code": "ru",
"english": "to breathe onto the back",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dyšátʹ v spínu",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "дыша́ть в спи́ну"
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"code": "ru",
"english": "to stand over the soul",
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"roman": "stojátʹ nad dušój",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "стоя́ть над душо́й"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "dýchať niekomu na krk"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to follow or supervise too closely",
"word": "tener a alguien en la mira"
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"word": "breathe down someone's neck"
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