"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
  2. (idiomatic, transitive, slang, US) To treat wrongly, especially in a romantic relationship; to insult or nag. Tags: US, idiomatic, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-dog_around-en-verb-aOOdaQuh Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "around", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "around": 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87

Inflected forms

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