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breathes down someone's neck

breathes down someone's neck is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 breathes down someone's neck

What is breathes down someone's neck the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Breathes down someone's neck is the third-person singular simple present indicative of breathe down someone's neck.

Words near breathes down someone's neck in the dictionary

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

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