"fight like cat and dog" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-fight like cat and dog.ogg [Australia] Forms: fights like cat and dog [present, singular, third-person], fighting like cat and dog [participle, present], fought like cat and dog [participle, past], fought like cat and dog [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fight<,,fought> like cat and dog}} fight like cat and dog (third-person singular simple present fights like cat and dog, present participle fighting like cat and dog, simple past and past participle fought like cat and dog)
  1. (UK, simile) To fight frequently or irreconcilably. Tags: UK Synonyms: fight like cats and dogs [US] Translations (Translations): olla kuin kissa ja koira (Finnish), tapella kuin kissa ja koira (Finnish), olla napit vastakkain (Finnish), s’entendre comme chien et chat (French), 犬猿の仲 (ken'en no naka) (alt: けんえんのなか) (Japanese), brigar que nem cão e gato (Portuguese), жить как ко́шка с соба́кой (žitʹ kak kóška s sobákoj) (Russian), llevarse como el perro y el gato (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fight_like_cat_and_dog-en-verb-yAyIXmAY Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English similes

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