BREATHE DOWN MY NECK

Meaning of BREATHE DOWN MY NECK in English

watch everything I do, follow me as I work It's difficult to work with him breathing down my neck.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

BREATHE DOWN MY NECK — watch everything I do, follow me as I work It's difficult to work with him breathing down my neck.
English Idioms vocabulary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
MY — I. Etymology: Middle English my, mi, min, from Old English mīn, suppletive gen. of ic I obsolete possessive of i …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREATHE — I. ˈbrēth verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English brethen, from breth, breeth breath intransitive verb 1. a. obsolete : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREATHE — (v. t.) To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.
Английский словарь Webster
BREATHE — (v. t.) To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow.
Английский словарь Webster
BREATHE — ( v. t. ) To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BREATHE — ( v. t. ) To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NECK — — necker , n. — neckless , adj. — necklike , adj. /nek/ , n. 1. the part of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BREATHE — /breedh/ , v. , breathed /breedhd/ , breathing . v.i. 1. to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BREATHE — verb ( breathed ; breath·ing ) Etymology: Middle English brethen, from breth Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NECK — vt & ·vi to kiss and caress amorously. 2. neck ·noun the point where the base of the stem of …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
BREATHE — vi to take breath; to rest from action. 2. breathe ·vt to utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants. 3. …
Webster English vocab
BREATHE — [breathe] vb breathed ; breath.ing [ME brethen, fr. breth] vi (14c) 1 a: to draw air into and expel it …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NECK — / nek; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] the part of the body between the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREATHE — / briːð; NAmE / verb AIR / BREATH 1. to take air into your lungs and send it out again …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NECK — I. neck 1 S2 W2 /nek/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hnecca ] 1 . PART …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MY — I. my 1 S1 W1 /maɪ/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘I’] 1 . used by the person who …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BREATHE — breathe S3 W3 /briːð/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ breath , ↑ breather , ↑ breathing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NECK — n. & v. --n. 1 a the part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders. b the part …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BREATHE — v. 1 intr. take air into and expel it from the lungs. 2 intr. be or seem alive (is she …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NECK — n. & v. n. 1 a the part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders. b the part …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MY — poss.pron. (attrib.) 1 of or belonging to me or myself (my house; my own business). 2 as a form of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BREATHE — v. 1 intr. take air into and expel it from the lungs. 2 intr. be or seem alive (is she …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NECK — n. & v. --n. 1. a the part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders. b the part …
Oxford English vocab
MY — poss.pron. (attrib.) 1. of or belonging to me or myself (my house; my own business). 2 as a form of …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
BREATHE — v. 1. intr. take air into and expel it from the lungs. 2 intr. be or seem alive (is she …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NECK — ( necks, necking, necked) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your neck …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'My' is the first person singular …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREATHE — ( breathes, breathing, breathed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When people …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NECK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crick in your back/neck ▪ He was getting a crick in his neck …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BREATHE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BREATHE — [verb]To breathe is to take air into the lungs and let it out again.It's so airless in here - I …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREATHE — Synonyms and related words : He, affect, air, alert, approve, argue, articulate, aspirate, attest, bark, bawl, be, be alive, be …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NECK — See: BREATHE DOWN ONE'S NECK, BREAK ONE'S NECK, CATCH IT IN THE NECK or GET IT IN THE NECK, PAIN …
Slang English vocab
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BREATHE — v. breathe in breathe out breathing space
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BREATHE — verb 1 air/breath ADVERB ▪ fast , quickly , rapidly ▪ slowly ▪ deeply ▪ shallowly ▪ hard , heavily …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NECK — See ↑ KISS 2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a pain in the neck • ↑ be breathing down sb's neck …
Longman Activator English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
BREATHE — INDEX: 1. to take air into your lungs and send it out again 2. to take air, smoke etc into …
Longman Activator English vocab
BREATHE — See ↑ BREATHE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can't breathe • ↑ not breathe a word/not tell a soul
Longman Activator English vocab
NECK — See: BREATHE DOWN ONE'S NECK, BREAK ONE'S NECK, CATCH IT IN THE NECK or GET IT IN THE NECK, PAIN …
Словарь английских идиом
NECK — 1. сущ. 1) а) шея to break the neck ≈ свернуть шею to get it in the neck разг. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MY — мест.; притяж.; как прил. 1) мой, моя, мое, мои; принадлежащий мне (ср. mine) 2) используется в обращении, придает обращению ласковый, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOWN
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREATHE — гл. 1) о перемещении массы воздуха а) дышать breathe again breathe freely б) дуть, поддувать (о ветре); дыхнуть, выдыхать в) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NECK — neck.ogg 1. nek n 1. 1> шея neck vertebrae - шейные позвонки to break one's neck - свернуть /сломать/ себе …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MY — my.ogg maı poss pron ( употр. тк. атрибутивно; ср. mine) 1. мой, моя, моё, мои; принадлежащий мне; свой where is …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BREATHE — breathe.ogg bri:ð v 1. 1> дышать; вдыхать; выдыхать to breathe freely - свободно дышать 2> вздохнуть 3> (into) вдохнуть to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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