"dangle after" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dangles after",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dangling after",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dangled after",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dangled after",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "dangle after (third-person singular simple present dangles after, present participle dangling after, simple past and past participle dangled after)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"after\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction:",
          "text": "the presbyterians, and their clans of other fanaticks, or freethinkers and atheists that dangle after them, are as well inclined to pull down the present establishment of monarchy and religion",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hang upon importunately; to court the favour of; to beset."
      ],
      "id": "en-dangle_after-en-verb-ORYJpqwh",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) To hang upon importunately; to court the favour of; to beset."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dangle after"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dangles after",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dangling after",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dangled after",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dangled after",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "dangle after (third-person singular simple present dangles after, present participle dangling after, simple past and past participle dangled after)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"after\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction:",
          "text": "the presbyterians, and their clans of other fanaticks, or freethinkers and atheists that dangle after them, are as well inclined to pull down the present establishment of monarchy and religion",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hang upon importunately; to court the favour of; to beset."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) To hang upon importunately; to court the favour of; to beset."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dangle after"
}