cat-and-dog
Americanadjective
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continuously or unceasingly vicious and destructive.
cat-and-dog competition.
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Slang. (of a security) highly speculative and of questionable value.
Etymology
Origin of cat-and-dog
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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“If you want to see a cat-and-dog fight, just let someone make a move on us,” Mr. Spoor said that June.
From Washington Post
Now they lead a cat-and-dog life, Stimulating in the harassed life of the King because of his fellow feeling for poor Ubum.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was no time to change into better clothes, so I pulled my big wool coat over my cat-and-dog pajamas, and we tiptoed out of the house, careful not to make too much sound.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
"There has been a cat-and-dog fight; only this time the cat's velvety paws scratched the poor little dog and wounded it sorely."
From Aunt Judith The Story of a Loving Life by Grace Beaumont
They smiled and were gracious, called each other Butterwell and Crosbie, and abstained from all cat-and-dog absurdities.
From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
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