I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dog wags its tail/its tail wags
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Domino rushed to meet her, tail wagging with excitement.
a pet dog/cat/rabbit etc
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I used to have a pet rabbit when I was young.
a police dog
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Police dogs were used to catch the thieves.
bad girl/dog etc
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Bad cat! Get off the table!
be dogged by controversy (= cause controversy in a way that is a problem )
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Even before it was introduced, the system was dogged by controversy.
be dogged by misfortune (= have a lot of bad luck over a period of time )
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The project seemed dogged by misfortune.
bird dog
dog collar
dog days
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Few opera houses survived the dog days of the 1980s.
dog paddle
dog tag
dog warden
dogged persistence
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‘Why can’t I come?’ repeated Will with dogged persistence .
dogged/steely/grim determination (= very strong determination )
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As a politician she was known for her dogged determination.
guard dog
guide dog
gun dog
hot dog
hot dog
it is raining cats and dogs informal (= it is raining very hard – this phrase sounds rather old-fashioned )
lap dog
police dog
prairie dog
sausage dog
sea dog
Seeing Eye dog
shaggy dog story
sicced...dog
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He sicced his dog on me.
sniffer dog
take sb/a dog for a walk
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Could you take the dog for a walk?
top dog
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He always wanted to be the one in control, the top dog.
tracker dog
walking...dog
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Grandma’s out walking the dog .
wild horse/dog/pig etc
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dogs'/cats' home
fight like cat and dog
good girl/boy/dog etc
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Good boys, good boys, good boys.
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He's a good boy, and he's very strong.
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He coughed, told Oliver to dry his eyes and be a good boy, and walked on with him in silence.
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He had been a very good boy indeed.
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I am Pa's best boy.
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I tried to be a good girl and stay out of the way.
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Randolph worked his hardest, pulling away, while Santa delivered all the presents to the good boys and girls.
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This was where good boys came after they got killed by Rupert.
hot dog roast/oyster roast etc
it's (a case of) the tail wagging the dog
let sleeping dogs lie
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The best plan is just to let sleeping dogs lie.
that's a good girl/that's a clever dog etc
the hair of the dog (that bit you)
there's a good boy/clever dog etc
there's life in the old dog yet
you can't teach an old dog new tricks
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It was a dog of a movie.
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Most of the women he goes out with are dogs.
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the family dog
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
problem
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Gladstone was dogged by the problems of Ireland to which his sense of duty drew him.
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But Rambus has been dogged by problems-not least buggy chipsets, high prices and questionable performance.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dogs'/cats' home
good girl/boy/dog etc
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Good boys, good boys, good boys.
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He's a good boy, and he's very strong.
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He coughed, told Oliver to dry his eyes and be a good boy, and walked on with him in silence.
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He had been a very good boy indeed.
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I am Pa's best boy.
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I tried to be a good girl and stay out of the way.
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Randolph worked his hardest, pulling away, while Santa delivered all the presents to the good boys and girls.
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This was where good boys came after they got killed by Rupert.
hot dog roast/oyster roast etc
it's (a case of) the tail wagging the dog
that's a good girl/that's a clever dog etc
the hair of the dog (that bit you)
there's a good boy/clever dog etc
there's life in the old dog yet
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Plans for the new campus have been dogged by controversy from the start.
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The press dogged him relentlessly.
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The team has been dogged by injury all season.
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Zambia had none of the heritage of war and violence that dogged, say, Kenya or Zimbabwe.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All these advances have been real, even when dogged by the ills of which I told you.
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But the distrust their action engendered has dogged the investigation since.
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Clinton also remains dogged by his avoidance of the draft three decades ago.
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Persistent colds, coughs and a temperature have dogged her for the last year.
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The fifty nine year old singer who'd been dogged by ill health died at his home in Arbroath on Monday.