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fight like cats and dogs

fight like cats and dogs is the alternative form of fight like cat and dog.

Meaning of fight like cat and dog

Verb

fight like cat and dog (third-person singular simple present fights like cat and dog, present participle fighting like cat and dog, simple past and past participle fought like cat and dog)

  1. (UK, simile) To fight (among themselves) frequently or irreconcilably.

Forms of fight like cats and dogs

third-person singular presentfights like cats and dogs
present participlefighting like cats and dogs
past participlefought like cats and dogs
pastfought like cats and dogs

Questions about fight like cats and dogs

What is fight like cats and dogs the alternative form of?
Fight like cats and dogs is the alternative form of fight like cat and dog.

Words near fight like cats and dogs in the dictionary

  1. fight IQs
  2. fight it out
  3. fight like a married couple
  4. fight like an old married couple
  5. fight like cat and dog
  6. fight like cats and dogs
  7. fight me
  8. fight off
  9. fight one's corner
  10. fight one's guts out
  11. fight or flight

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