Word.ws English Dictionary

lying like a dog

lying like a dog is the present participle of lie like a dog.

Meaning of lie like a dog

Verb

lie like a dog (third-person singular simple present lies like a dog, present participle lying like a dog, simple past and past participle lied like a dog)

  1. (slang, simile) To lie a lot; to tell many untruths.

Questions about lying like a dog

What is lying like a dog the present participle of?
Lying like a dog is the present participle of lie like a dog.

Words near lying like a dog in the dictionary

  1. lying in the bed one has made
  2. lying in the way
  3. lying in wait
  4. lying like a cheap rug
  5. lying like a cheap watch
  6. lying like a dog
  7. lying like a rug
  8. lying low
  9. lying off
  10. lying on the oars
  11. lying over

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lying like a dog (page history and authors); lie like a dog (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “lying like a dog.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/lying_like_a_dog. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.