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sleep like a dog en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:simile) Synonym of sleep like a log.
    • Skookum Bill, full of restless, tireless energy when on the trail, now passed to the other extreme. He slept like a dog, sixteen hours a day, rising to eat and smoke, and then falling back in his bunk, where he coiled himself very much like a hibernating bear. He was stupid with sleep, drugged with it, and he did absolutely nothing, leaving all the work to his partner. 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sleeps like a dog Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
sleeping like a dog Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
slept like a dog Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
slept like a dog Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

sleep like a log