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breathed down someone's neck

breathed down someone's neck is the simple past and past participle of breathe down someone's neck.

Meaning of breathe down someone's neck

Verb

breathe down someone's neck (third-person singular simple present breathes down someone's neck, present participle breathing down someone's neck, simple past and past participle breathed down someone's neck)

  1. (idiomatic) To follow or supervise someone too closely, causing discomfort for that person.
    • My boss never lets me get on with my work. He's always breathing down my neck and checking up on me.

Questions about breathed down someone's neck

What is breathed down someone's neck the simple past and past participle of?
Breathed down someone's neck is the simple past and past participle of breathe down someone's neck.

Words near breathed down someone's neck in the dictionary

  1. breathed
  2. breathed a sigh of relief
  3. breathed a word
  4. breathed again
  5. breathed back to life
  6. breathed down someone's neck
  7. breathed easy
  8. breathed freely
  9. breathed in
  10. breathed new life into
  11. breathed one's last

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