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Idiom

tag along

Meaning

To accompany, join, or follow; to go with.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Can I tag along to the store?”

“My little brother always wants to tag along when I meet my friends.”

“Though uninvited, she quietly tagged along, hoping no one would notice the stranger in their midst.”

Examples

simple

“Can I tag along to the store?”

contextual

“My little brother always wants to tag along when I meet my friends.”

complex

“Though uninvited, she quietly tagged along, hoping no one would notice the stranger in their midst.”

Key words

tag

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