bird-dogging

verb

Following candidates and asking pointed questions at each stop.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bird-dog
  2. intransitiveslanggovernmentFollowing candidates and asking pointed questions at each stop.

    Among his tasks in the lead up to 2000 was "bird-dogging", following candidates and asking pointed questions at each stop.

    2021, Barbara Trish, William J Menner, chapter 4, in Inside the Bubble
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APA

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Chicago

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