on one's tail in English

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        {
          "text": "The police were on his tail for half an hour.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "He was on my tail for the whole event, and he kept asking me about the food.",
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        "Following someone closely."
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        "(sometimes figurative) Following someone closely."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "sometimes"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "on one's tail"
}

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
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      },
      "expansion": "on one's tail",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The police were on his tail for half an hour.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He was on my tail for the whole event, and he kept asking me about the food.",
          "type": "example"
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        "Following someone closely."
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        "(sometimes figurative) Following someone closely."
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  "word": "on one's tail"
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"on one's tail" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase