Dog someone's footsteps verb phrase
(Of a misfortune or problem) to seem to follow someone wherever they go
Misfortune seemed to have dogged our footsteps since we started off our expedition.
Bad luck has dogged my footsteps recently. I lost my key last week and now my car has broken down.
Used to express one's feelings when facing a bad situation
1. An unlucky situation
2. An interjection used to express sympathy for someone's bad luck
A problem or difficult circumstance
To have to accept some troubles or worries that must be handled by oneself
That is the biggest or most difficult problem (with the situation being discussed)
The verb "dog" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase is formed based on the meaning of the verb "dog".
Used to describe a person being more careful after an accident or a bad experience in the past to avoid it happening again.
I drive more carefully after an accident when I was little because a burnt child dreads the fire.