dog the footsteps of

VERB

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accompany attend seek track

STRONG

catenate chase concatenate convoy dog draggle escort freeze hound hunt persecute search shadow shag spook stalk tag tail tailgate

WEAK

bring up the rear come with give chase go after go with onto put a tail on run after run down schlepp along stick to string along tag after tag along take out after

Antonyms

STRONGEST

neglect

STRONG

ignore leave alone let go run away

WEAK

avoid disregard go before lead misunderstand not get pass over precede scorn shun slight

Example Sentences

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Some tragic fatality seems to dog the footsteps of this Government in all their dealings with Ireland.

From John Redmond's Last Years by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

The misfortune which seems to dog the footsteps of many men in every move they make, does not fail to pursue them in bookselling.

From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)

And I, for one, will never believe the trail of the serpent to be so indelible that barefaced incongruity must dog the footsteps of civilisation.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph

Suspicion and mistrust began to dog the footsteps of the bright young girl; she was no longer a universal favorite—some of the girls even openly expressed their dislike of her.

From A World of Girls The Story of a School by Meade, L. T.

Then she would dog the footsteps of this girl, find out where she went, with a view of deducing from it what she did.

From Flames by Hichens, Robert Smythe

dog the footsteps of

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