bird-dogged

verb

Definition of bird-doggednext
past tense of bird-dog
as in pursued
to go after or on the track of suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bird-dogged
  1. pursued
  2. followed
  3. accompanied
Verb
  • Again, this is a hard problem and is being avidly pursued by everyone in this realm.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • As Masterson pursued both the appeal and a petition challenging his incarceration, his appellate lawyers started looking for jurors willing to discuss possible problems with the trial.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of pursued
Verb
  • The largest decrease is projected for the West, with a 20% decline, followed by the Northeast (-17%) and Midwest (-16%).
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Eleven other states have followed suit, allowed to do so by the federal Clean Air Act.
    Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of followed
Verb
  • Finally, the topmost aim is to allow the use of a separate video as the input source, possibly accompanied by text and images, all of which the generative AI utilizes to produce a suitable video.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • There are certainly true believers in the technology, but they are accompanied by celebrities and memelords drumming up new coins based on viral memes, and scores of day traders hoping to catch one of these speculation tokens at the right moment.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of accompanied
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