"dog around" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-dog around.ogg Forms: dogs around [present, singular, third-person], dogging around [participle, present], dogged around [participle, past], dogged around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dog around (third-person singular simple present dogs around, present participle dogging around, simple past and past participle dogged around)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To follow diligently. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-dog_around-en-verb-sOxUNgl6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "around"

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for dog around meaning in English (1.3kB)

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