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sleep like a dog

sleep like a dog verb: synonym of sleep like a log.

Verb

sleep like a dog (third-person singular simple present sleeps like a dog, present participle sleeping like a dog, simple past and past participle slept like a dog)

  1. (simile) Synonym of sleep like a log.
    • Skookum Bill, full of restless, tireless energy when on the trail, now passed to the other extreme. He slept like a dog, sixteen hours a day, rising to eat and smoke, and then falling back in his bunk, where he coiled himself very much like a hibernating bear. He was stupid with sleep, drugged with...1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate

Synonyms of sleep like a dog

Forms of sleep like a dog

third-person singular presentsleeps like a dog
present participlesleeping like a dog
past participleslept like a dog
pastslept like a dog

Questions about sleep like a dog

What does sleep like a dog mean?
Sleep like a dog means synonym of sleep like a log.
What part of speech is sleep like a dog?
Sleep like a dog is a verb.
What is the past tense of sleep like a dog?
The past tense of sleep like a dog is slept like a dog.

Words near sleep like a dog in the dictionary

  1. sleep in heavenly peace
  2. sleep in with
  3. sleep inertia
  4. sleep it out
  5. sleep like a baby
  6. sleep like a dog
  7. sleep like a log
  8. sleep like a mouse
  9. sleep like a rock
  10. sleep like a top
  11. sleep machine

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