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单词 breathe down someone's neck
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breathe down someone's neck

1Follow closely behind someone: three wins would have seen us breathing down the neck of United at the top of the table...
  • He was always right behind me, breathing down my neck.
  • The claustrophobic camera follows him around the workshop, breathing down his neck.
  • Take one last look in your rear-view mirror at that muscle-bound, angular-featured SUV bully breathing down your neck.
1.1Constantly check up on someone: she’s quite capable of looking after herself without her parents breathing down her neck all the time...
  • I've got the king breathing down my neck constantly.
  • You had to live with your parents breathing down your neck 24/7.
  • ‘I'm my own boss, there's no one breathing down my neck,’ he said.
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