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slept like a dog

slept like a dog is the simple past and past participle 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)

  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

Questions about slept like a dog

What is slept like a dog the simple past and past participle of?
Slept like a dog is the simple past and past participle of sleep like a dog.

Words near slept like a dog in the dictionary

  1. slept funny
  2. slept in
  3. slept in heavenly peace
  4. slept it out
  5. slept like a baby
  6. slept like a dog
  7. slept like a log
  8. slept like a mouse
  9. slept like a rock
  10. slept like a top
  11. slept off

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