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working like a dog

working like a dog is the present participle and gerund of work like a dog.

Meaning of work like a dog

Verb

work like a dog (third-person singular simple present works like a dog, present participle working like a dog, simple past and past participle worked like a dog)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, simile) To work very hard.

Questions about working like a dog

What is working like a dog the present participle and gerund of?
Working like a dog is the present participle and gerund of work like a dog.

Words near working like a dog in the dictionary

  1. working into the ground
  2. working knowledge
  3. working language
  4. working languages
  5. working life
  6. working like a dog
  7. working like a dream
  8. working like a horse
  9. working like a mule
  10. working like a nailer
  11. working like a Trojan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: working like a dog (page history and authors); work 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.

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