dog around v.
1. (US campus) to neglect one’s academic work.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | ‘Razorback Sl.’ in AS L:1/2 58: dog around vi Neglect or take academic responsibilities lightly. |
2. (orig. US) to follow.
| [song title] If You Don’t Want Me Stop Doggin’ Me Around. | |
| Really the Blues 200: Regular as clockwork that bass showed up in each town on our itinerary [...] dogging us around just one day late. |
3. (US black) to nag, to abuse verbally.
| ‘No Home Blues’ 🎵 You are the meanest man I ever seen. / You beat me, you kicked me, and dogged me ’round. | |
| ‘Give Me a Break Blues’ 🎵 Give me a break, Papa / Don’t throw your sweet mama down. / You’ve treated me so mean, / Ain’t you tired of doggin’ me round? | |
| ‘Country Woman Blues’ 🎵 I’ve got two women stays in town / Reason I can visit so careful ’cause ne’er ’un don’t dog me around. | |
| ‘Take Him Off My Mind’ 🎵 It’s all about my man, who has always kicked and dogged me around. | |
| Stand On It (1979) 30: Don’t dog me around, Ace. |
4. to abuse emotionally, esp. by sexual infidelity.
| ‘Bessie’s Moan’ 🎵 My man don’t want me, that’s why I weep and moan. / If you don’t want me, please don’t dog me around. | |
| ‘Milk Cow Blues’ 🎵 Says my blues fell this morning and my love come falling down; / Says I’ll be your lowdown dog, Mama, but please don't dog me around. | |
| ‘How Many More Years’ 🎵 How many more years I got to let you dog me around. | |
 | ‘What Do You Expect’ 🎵 on Shades [album] Well, I quit my high living just for you / Made you number one while I was number two / Set the weight of a hangman, to keep you satisfied / Times you dogged around on me and lied, lied, lied. | |
| Breaks 136: ‘We’ve been separated before but . . .’ [...] ‘She couldn’t take your doggin’ around?’. | |
| ‘All Prologue’ Wire ser. 2 ep. 6 [TV script] It wasn’t me not to drink or dog around either. |