dog out

dog out

1. slang To subject someone to severe mistreatment or abuse. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dog" and "out." Turns out he'd been dogging me out for more than a year—cheating on me, stealing from me, and then making me think I was crazy for ever suspecting him.
2. slang By extension, to abuse someone verbally; to trash talk someone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dog" and "out." She came out of the house and started dogging her husband out in front of the whole neighborhood. He's made a living from dogging out people on his radio show.
See also: dog, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • ask back
  • (Is) this taken?
  • angle
  • angling
  • interpret for
  • interpret for (someone)
  • rescue from
  • rescue from (someone or something)
  • identify with