sleeping like a dog
sleeping like a dog is the present participle and gerund of sleep like a dog.
Meaning of sleep like a dog
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)
- 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:
- sleep like a log
Questions about sleeping like a dog
- What is sleeping like a dog the present participle and gerund of?
- Sleeping like a dog is the present participle and gerund of sleep like a dog.
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