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like a dog after a bone

like a dog after a bone is the alternative form of like a dog with a bone.

Meaning of like a dog with a bone

Adjective

like a dog with a bone (not comparable)

  1. (informal, simile) Stubborn and tenacious; persistent; relentless; dogged.
    • Despite my determination to put the question off, my mind, or sub-conscious mind, like a dog with a bone which it refuses to drop in defiance of its master's command, went on revolving it.1918, William Henry Hudson, Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life, page 328

Questions about like a dog after a bone

What is like a dog after a bone the alternative form of?
Like a dog after a bone is the alternative form of like a dog with a bone.

Words near like a dog after a bone in the dictionary

  1. like a chicken with no head
  2. like a chicken with the pip
  3. like a cow on a flat rock
  4. like a cow pissing on a flat rock
  5. like a demon
  6. like a dog after a bone
  7. like a dog in heat
  8. like a dog on heat
  9. like a dog with a bone
  10. like a dog with two dicks
  11. like a dog with two tails

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